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Brian raises valid concerns. We seem as an industry to be at a crossroads other businesses have dealt with. So far, the pressure has been to de-humanize the cockpit by adding machinery (sic) and computing power. Gone are Radioman, Navigator, Engineer; we are left with a single pilot flight deck with a second Human to Monitor the one flying. In future, will we have a single Human with electronic Monitoring? itself monitored by offsite monitoring, to be followed by offsite operation with Cabin Crew waiting to be replaced by robots? This may be speculative hyperbole. Maybe not. It may be as simple as back engineering a totally disclosive and partnered Flight Deck. This thread seems to have drifted off course, no information exists to suggest that AI/B comments pertain to this sad situation. I am saddened by this dreadful outcome. I am also in awe how pilots operate at this Runway. It is 400 feet longer than our small mountain strip which will serve Turbine S-2 A/C and the odd DC-3. 757? 320? Holy Smoke!!