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12-27-2018, 08:53 AM

#2511

JamesBond

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Originally Posted by 300SMK

It was a Fed POI for another major carrier. He stated the airlines were actively working on it however the discussion of cognitive examinations were giving the various management teams great pause. He seemed to think it would be a bandaid until single pilot aircraft are entering the scene. He also mentioned China will need 100,000 pilots in the next two decades.

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I wouldn't go to fly in China for $750K and guaranteed 20 days off a month

12-27-2018, 09:45 AM

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TED74

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Originally Posted by JamesBond

I wouldn't go to fly in China for $750K and guaranteed 20 days off a month

You mean since you're already doing that on the 350?

12-27-2018, 09:50 AM

#2513

JamesBond

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You mean since you're already doing that on the 350?

Funny. There have been times when I have been the lowest paid guy in the cockpit. And not just a few.

12-27-2018, 10:56 AM

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Xray678

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Originally Posted by 300SMK

Bandaid til single pilot aircraft? There is not even a single pilot aircraft on the drawing board yet.

12-27-2018, 11:57 AM

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Sputnik

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Originally Posted by Emb170man

Top Men refers to a particular prolific poster on our delta pilot Facebook page, who believes that he is privileged with information that no one else can get, and thinks that his a350 is a starship flying in lower earth orbit....he is, “special”

One of the nicest people I have ever met. Goes through life with a smile on his face and a bad word for no one. He is pretty special.

12-27-2018, 12:30 PM

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Dalda Erlines

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Originally Posted by Xray678

Bandaid til single pilot aircraft? There is not even a single pilot aircraft on the drawing board yet.

Boeing 797 will have the ability to easily adapt the single pilot certification when regulations allow.

12-27-2018, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalda Erlines

Boeing 797 will have the ability to easily adapt the single pilot certification when regulations allow.

Source? That’s not what Boeing is putting out.

12-27-2018, 01:35 PM

#2518

m3113n1a1

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

Source? That’s not what Boeing is putting out.

Everyone talks about the 797 as if it is some sort of wonder jet. I don't get it, it doesn't even exist yet!

12-27-2018, 01:54 PM

#2519

Dalda Erlines

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Source? That’s not what Boeing is putting out.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-studies-planes-without-pilots-plans-experiments-next-year/

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/single-pilot-plane-boeing-autonomous-jet-technology-cockpit-a8506301.html

12-27-2018, 02:27 PM

#2520

Baradium

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Originally Posted by iHateAMR

Age 65 was more or less the same thing, a shift to the right 5 year band aid. But they still did it, and did absolutely zero in those 5 years to fix the impending retirement bubble.

They didn't just do zero to fix it, they made it worse. The 5 years of no movement decimated the flight training industry which is only just now recovering.