Would you be happy with just One pilot? Its the future..
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at 09:37 by CathayLoyalist2.
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FDOS_UKParticipantSimonS1
O’Leary commented publicly in 2010.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/sep/08/ryanair-axe-unnecessary-co-pilots.
NASA is playing a leading part
http://aviationweek.com/technology/nasa-advances-single-pilot-operations-concepts
2 Jan 2016
at 08:49
canuckladParticipantI’m going to be a bit controversial here, and pick up on the human error point.
There is overwhelming evidence to show that accident investigators are pressured into seeking a ” pilot error’ factor . This is particularly true if the aircraft involved happens to be French made.
Only after the NTSB investigated an AA ATR crash did European authorities retrospectively remove blame from the pilots after it was discovered that a known originally denied flaw in the wing design was the real cause.
And remember, aircraft are unlike any other method of transportation, excepting perhaps for marine vessels. When dealing with mother nature you really should have people who can feel the riding of the storm.
2 Jan 2016
at 09:41
MartynSinclairParticipantThis thread started by asking the question about aircraft with just one pilot but seems to have evolved into a discussion about ground based pilots working with a singular cockpit based pilot.
Perhaps this arrangement could avoid future ‘9/11’ or German Wings / LH…. but what a ground based pilot certainly could not have solved.. would have been BA 38…
The interesting one though would be the Hudson river landing… could a ground based remote pilot have assisted a singular cockpit based pilot. I think the answer is certainly yes.
PS…Thanks Tom..correction made
2 Jan 2016
at 11:54
canuckladParticipantThe other major consideration is the very real threat to the aircraft itself by cyber terrorism.
Just listening to the news today, and it’s clearly becoming a real danger to our daily lifes .
Hijacking just one aircraft from the ground with no real idea of the whereabouts of the perpetrators would surely put an end to the project.2 Jan 2016
at 12:16
TominScotlandParticipantMartyn
I think you are unfair to Air Berlin here. I suspect you intended to say Germanwings/ Lufthansa
2 Jan 2016
at 12:22
MarcusGBParticipantOn an Etihad flight recently, the Captain announced “We always have two Pilots at least in the cockpit now, this is Etihad policy, so please be assured of this. “Often there are 4-5 on the AUH-SYD route of around 15 hrs, for the A380. KLM also have this adopted as a Policy now also, with 3-4 on long haul.
3 Jan 2016
at 20:34
CathayLoyalist2ParticipantMarcusGB, interesting that the captain made a point of using the word ‘assured’. On every ultra long haul CX flight I have flown every captain comments on the extra flight deck crew and most name them and their rank i.e. another captain and/or senior first officer and/or second officer. From my pilot family members certainly additional crew have always been on the flight deck for flights over a certain duration. Now of course since the GermanWings (name to be phased out) tragedy no one member of the flight crew can be on the flight deck on their own
4 Jan 2016
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