Unmanned 727's at FDX
10-09-2007, 08:56 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by MD11Fr8Dog
When its implemented in 2010 its going to be a really good deal, we'll be able to work our trips from home by monitoring the unmanned flights on our computers!
There may also be an option to use Wii, PS3 or XBox360 to work the flights, they haven't decided on a vendor yet, but some LCAs are already testing these. We'll be able to even cruise porn or play Halo3 while the flight monitoring is done in a seperate browser window!
No more medicals, drinking on the job will be okay.
We'll have to open an IM session with the other crewmembers though so we can share pictures of our sports car, motorcycles, boats, planes and kids. *****ing (ooops, whining) about our wives and girlfriends will be accomplished by leaving home with your laptop, say to Starbucks or some sports bar with a wifi hotspot, and working from there!
Also, all tipping will be done at the end of the month via PayPal on a set formula. Simple and easy, no guessing whose turn to tip. Bad deal for the cheap @ss $1 tippers though.
All disputed pairings will automatically become undisputable and the optimizer wil be let to run loose at full optimization.
The hold up on implementation right now is TSA approval of the firewall software to keep Al Qaeda from "hihacking" the flights! TSA will also require that twice a month we go to the local airport and get harrassed by TSA personnel - this is for their own currency requirements!
Once a year we'll get a round trip ticket (coach of course) to Subic Bay so that we can still get, uh, our laundry done.
The future is looking bright. FedEx also has a hiring pool full 14 yr old gamers that will work for free Red Bull.
There may also be an option to use Wii, PS3 or XBox360 to work the flights, they haven't decided on a vendor yet, but some LCAs are already testing these. We'll be able to even cruise porn or play Halo3 while the flight monitoring is done in a seperate browser window!
No more medicals, drinking on the job will be okay.
We'll have to open an IM session with the other crewmembers though so we can share pictures of our sports car, motorcycles, boats, planes and kids. *****ing (ooops, whining) about our wives and girlfriends will be accomplished by leaving home with your laptop, say to Starbucks or some sports bar with a wifi hotspot, and working from there!
Also, all tipping will be done at the end of the month via PayPal on a set formula. Simple and easy, no guessing whose turn to tip. Bad deal for the cheap @ss $1 tippers though.
All disputed pairings will automatically become undisputable and the optimizer wil be let to run loose at full optimization.
The hold up on implementation right now is TSA approval of the firewall software to keep Al Qaeda from "hihacking" the flights! TSA will also require that twice a month we go to the local airport and get harrassed by TSA personnel - this is for their own currency requirements!
Once a year we'll get a round trip ticket (coach of course) to Subic Bay so that we can still get, uh, our laundry done.
The future is looking bright. FedEx also has a hiring pool full 14 yr old gamers that will work for free Red Bull.
10-09-2007, 09:29 AM
#12
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This would be the only way that I would consider bidding back to the 727. Oh, standby a second, "clear ecam", sorry, these spurious fuel faults seem to happen more often online than they do in the jet!
10-09-2007, 10:36 AM
#13
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A good friend of mine is an FAA certification engineer who has been to a few meetings on this subject.
He has sat down with Predator operators from the USAF and discussed the ways they could be integrated more into civilian airspace.
He says that right now the reliability rate is "appalling" and not to expect much in this area for a long time.....
He has sat down with Predator operators from the USAF and discussed the ways they could be integrated more into civilian airspace.
He says that right now the reliability rate is "appalling" and not to expect much in this area for a long time.....
10-09-2007, 02:59 PM
#17
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Originally Posted by CloudSailor
Hey guys,
Just wondering if there's any remote truth to any of this. I've flown with three different guys now at my current airline who have all said the same thing "I read somewhere that FDX is testing unmanned aircraft and wants to have them flying by 2010"...
Just wondering if there's any remote truth to any of this. I've flown with three different guys now at my current airline who have all said the same thing "I read somewhere that FDX is testing unmanned aircraft and wants to have them flying by 2010"...
FedEx already did it, about 15 years ago. 3 LADIES piloted a 727.
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