Originally Posted by
safetypee
This would be the basis of a new commercial aircraft; two crew, fully automated, where pilot assistance is only required for those situations which have not been foreseen (which unfortunately appear in many recent accidents). The new pilot-systems operator (‘tolip’), would not need extensive physical flying skills, only those necessary to achieve an acceptable outcome for rare total systems failures - ‘if you can walk away from it’. Cognitive skills would be those associated with the new systems, not those based on current flying standards.
How is this different from the current paradigm?