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Old 31st Dec 2005, 03:39
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Howard Hughes
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We'll go the way of loadmasters, radio operators and navigators...regrettably.
I don't think so!

I suspect that there will always be one pilot, technician, systems manager call him/her what you will. I expect that the role will however change, your primary role may not be that of aircraft manipulator, you may be called upon to do other duties, like serve in the cabin, repair on board entertainment sytems, etc, etc...

Unfortunately computers and automated systems still can't be called upon to come up with the unusual ideas, nor have the skills to troubleshoot unexpected problems. Automation is OK provided all possible outcomes can be planned for, this however is not the case at the moment, nor will it be in near future. It is for this reason I expect that pilot's will be around for some time yet!

Cheers, HH.


PS: Sorry about the thread drift.

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