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Old 29th Sep 2021, 14:10
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FMS82
 
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Why is everybody having a hissy fit about unmanned commercial aircraft operations? This is about reducing crew.

Single pilot ops will come fast and hard. First in cruise, then for full flight durations in cargo, then on the majority of airliners. The A350 was pretty much conceived with this in mind, and many pilot tasks could have been safely automated in full, but they were left untouched to not shake the status quo too much. Auto go-arounds, auto takeoff, auto anything coming soon to a theatre near you (and mandated by your airline...)

Not the point of this thread, but at some point autonomous flight will roll out more broadly, but the jury's out on application in large passenger transports.

Pilots will become pure system operators, and flying will become cheaper and safer because of it. What remains will be a job like driving a metro, just with a better view and ****tier schedules.
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