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Old 23rd Dec 2021, 13:13
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Fully agree with hans brinker.

And that gets us to the core of the issue: ever growing traffic and most of the growth in parts of the world where culture and relentless cost cutting eats CRM for breakfast, all while operating machines that are essentially 80's technology that require highly competent pilots. And against that background, I can only see safety stay at an acceptable level by moving the pilots out of the loop, where they can not do the damage they have done in the past two decades.

And the technology has arrived, and it's time we move from the hybrid first generation glass human machine interface and the good old magenta line to something that can do the job on its own, supervised by a somewhat trained competent individual. An A350F with a single pilot during cruise for example...

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