"Automated" Airmanship
#52
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#53
Keep flying, get an MBA to sit on, save money. That said, I think it will be a good long while and anyone currently in or near the profession will have a good few decades before the people movers are flown by HAL9000.
#54
Exactly. The technology is there and the factors that determine when we have one-pilot then pilotless planes are driven by 1) economics and 2) social acceptance including regulation/legislation/etc.
Elevators used to have operators, and so did those intra-airport shuttles that are now autonomous (except in KIAD).
Elevators used to have operators, and so did those intra-airport shuttles that are now autonomous (except in KIAD).
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#59
:-)
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However, the military will be using fully autonomous aircraft here shortly for special missions. It will be interesting to see the failure rate.
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