And so it starts: towards one pilot

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-apos-apos-797-apos-121856769.html

Boeing's next commercial jet design could come with a cockpit built for just one pilot, according to industry analysts.

A second pilot would be ground based and be able to "monitor several aircraft" at the same time.

Reducing the number of pilots from an airline's payroll could save a company millions of dollars in salaries and training costs.

[Will]

I think two is a fine number.


In some ways though, zero pilots would be better than just one.

[DougSnow]

All pax have to. say is nope, not flying it, with their feet.

[Mariano]

Don't forget lawyers. Insurance company lawyers and airline lawyers vs. ambulance chasing-lawyers.

The battle might delay this issue for a long time.

Regards,

Mariano

[Hardy Heinlin]

Why not keep all pax on the ground as well, and let them see and hear each other across the planet via Skype?

[Keith Maton]

One pilot....
                .... and a dog

[Hardy Heinlin]

When will we see flight attendant robots?

[Keith Maton]

Judging by the way some of them behaved on the last flight I took, I think we already have them.

[Hardy Heinlin]

Did she spank you?

[Keith Maton]

Did she spank you?

I didn't have enough Euros.
Mind you, when I got to Berlin and went to Rush Hour, it was a different matter

[Britjet]

Did she spank you?

I didn't have enough Euros.

LMAO - Mavis would have done you a deal...

[mgeiss]

Not unexpected. First we'll have self-driving cars, then planes with one pilot, then planes with just a lightly trained emergency pilot (who won't be able to really help much), then Skynet.