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Old 02-13-2022 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
If I understand, cataract surgery is all automated. There is not an ophthalmologist to be found in the building. That is what I hear you saying.
The first iteration will be a single pilot cockpit. Pilot shortage over. This will likely happen before I retire. I don’t think I’ll see a fully automated cockpit in my lifetime, but that depends on how long I live.
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Old 02-13-2022 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield
The first iteration will be a single pilot cockpit. Pilot shortage over. This will likely happen before I retire. I don’t think I’ll see a fully automated cockpit in my lifetime, but that depends on how long I live.
I laugh at people who think that.

you thought the 737 Max fiasco was bad....

it’s like people have never heard of a computer having a glitch or something going out of the ordinary.
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Old 02-13-2022 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Halon1211
I laugh at people who think that.

you thought the 737 Max fiasco was bad....

it’s like people have never heard of a computer having a glitch or something going out of the ordinary.
God forbid that single pilot has a stroke and the computer glitches.
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Old 02-13-2022 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyio
God forbid that single pilot has a stroke and the computer glitches.
How many times have you seen the Windows blue screen of death?



in an aircraft it won’t be rhetorical…
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Old 02-13-2022 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield
The first iteration will be a single pilot cockpit. Pilot shortage over. This will likely happen before I retire. I don’t think I’ll see a fully automated cockpit in my lifetime, but that depends on how long I live.
Hello German Wings...
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Old 02-13-2022 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cantflylist
Hello German Wings...
Yeah, that FA is offering a ton of protection from this event from happening.
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Old 02-13-2022 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield
Yeah, that FA is offering a ton of protection from this event from happening.
Touche. However, th FA thing is only a few minutes. An entire flight, with demons in one's head slaying each other.... Redrum Redrum Redrum
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Old 02-13-2022 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cantflylist
Touche. However, th FA thing is only a few minutes. An entire flight, with demons in one's head slaying each other.... Redrum Redrum Redrum
So your standard red eye then.
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Old 02-13-2022 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by FNGFO
So your standard red eye then.
might be harder to get 2 ATPs to chant redrum in sync... actually, hard to get 2 ATPs to do anything in sync - just see the discord on these forums
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Old 02-13-2022 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cantflylist
Touche. However, th FA thing is only a few minutes. An entire flight, with demons in one's head slaying each other.... Redrum Redrum Redrum
here is a question. Why do we ask to see a jumpseaters medical when a FA doesn’t need one to be in the cockpit?
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