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03-28-2015, 03:32 PM
#151
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Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom
And why was he "trusted"? Longevity has a few upsides, track record is one, this guy was new, really new, and wanted to fly so bad he tore up Dr's notes, be really interesting see what was wrong with him.
I have actually had passengers ask me if my F/O was old enought to drive? I have never had a passenger ask me if I was. So all the old guy/gummer haters, have another reason to hate us, our bichen cars, multiple houses, hot girlfriends, and now our track records. Toss in our astounding inability to care about spelling and/or grammar, should push many over, the already close edge.
I have actually had passengers ask me if my F/O was old enought to drive? I have never had a passenger ask me if I was. So all the old guy/gummer haters, have another reason to hate us, our bichen cars, multiple houses, hot girlfriends, and now our track records. Toss in our astounding inability to care about spelling and/or grammar, should push many over, the already close edge.
03-28-2015, 11:45 PM
#152
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Originally Posted by china clipper
The concept of having a single pilot in the cockpit and one on the ground seems to be moving along nicely. The pilot on the ground would be working on as many as twelve flights at one time.
NASA Advances Single-Pilot Operations Concepts | Technology content from Aviation Week
It's one way of addressing potential pilot shortage...
NASA Advances Single-Pilot Operations Concepts | Technology content from Aviation Week
It's one way of addressing potential pilot shortage...
How's that baby sitter going to read 11 different checklists all at the same time? Who's gonna watch the plane when our single pilot Captain needs a nap?
NOPE, not gonna happen. I won't put my family back there.
03-28-2015, 11:48 PM
#153
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Originally Posted by erjpilot
You are missing the mark. Single pilot operations will only start once airliners are completely autonomous. They would be able to fly as drones however due to liability and to keep the public happy it will still require a pilot at the controls simply to monitor, therefore, the things you mention above wouldn't be too important.
Lastly, I realy hope this doesn't happen but technology is moving at a rapid clip and our jobs could be targeted.
Lastly, I realy hope this doesn't happen but technology is moving at a rapid clip and our jobs could be targeted.
No way for the computer be able to handle 45 knot cross winds. We have to over-ride the automation way too often for it to ever work. The dynamics of weather both at the airport and enroute are way too challenging for drones to handle.
No way for SWA to do 20 minute turns either.
03-28-2015, 11:52 PM
#154
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Originally Posted by china clipper
The concept of having a single pilot in the cockpit and one on the ground seems to be moving along nicely.
It's one way of addressing potential pilot shortage...
It's one way of addressing potential pilot shortage...
First, there's no pilot shortage. Just a shortage of people who want to work like slave for not enough pay, and for sure a shortage of folks who feel inspired to pay their dues for embarrassingly small compensation considering the responsibility one has to manage.
Second, if all the pilots in the business all grew long beards and carried about Korans and prayed to the east five times a day this idea would be shtt canned. If the whole world thought we were all a bunch of 8 balls walking around with carpet squares they wouldn't trust us to be alone in the cockpit of a jet, much less alone with their pet sheep.
03-29-2015, 03:25 AM
#155
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Baa haa, 10 years my ass. In 10 years we've only added iPads to the mix. What happens when I go to the back to hit the head? The FA comes up?! No problems there, their cost of entry is 6 weeks, imagine vetting their emotional baggage and suicidal tendencies! Cat lovers unite!
03-30-2015, 01:30 PM
#156
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Originally Posted by Lobaeux
Wow, it's really awesome to see how we as a society, race are so eager to make us all unemployed and irrelevant. Think of the jobs that have been lost over just the last 100 years and the jobs that will be lost over the next 100.
Who needs to worry about meteors, nuclear war or global warming, we're getting rid of the need for real, living, breathing humans every day.
Who needs to worry about meteors, nuclear war or global warming, we're getting rid of the need for real, living, breathing humans every day.
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