Originally Posted by
bex88
Automation: A friend of mine works for a large company developing AI. Aviation is the last place it will come because of the cost, the regulatory testing, public opinion and the consequence of failure.
AI /neural network technology, read true machine learning, is completely 180 out on how a manufacturer demonstrates to a regulator that they are compliant with certification specs. How.do you demonstrate compliance with loss models for example when as soon as you get past single point of failure? There are literally millions of combinations of system failure at this step. So that means your MEL dispensation makes your aircraft uncertifiable as you are unsure of how the system can respond. And if it will respond in the same way. We may see cargo go single pilot ops in our lifetime, but you then still have the issue that airworthiness includes considering those that you fly over, as well as those on the air system.
Your insurance premiums will be a lot higher than the cost of that second pilots salary and pension methinks.