Originally Posted by
BEagle
Probably the stupidest idea ever considered by the USAF.....
In your opinion, although if you were just talking of the KC-46A decision we might be on common ground.
Most of the discussions about SP ops assume that the pilot will be 'alone and unafraid', whereas the risk mitigations will drive you to a scenario where the other pilots are on the end of the satellite link and will be capable not only of flying the aircraft remotely but also provide the "extra set of ears and an extra mouth for all the radios" and "look in for link management, ESM / DAS, plan revisions over long vul times" etc. and they will be hooked into the CAOC or whatever C2 system more closely than an airborne crew could ever hope to be.
See and avoid for most transport category aircraft does not work, so it's not an argument even for AAR ops.