Originally Posted by BerksFlyer
The cost to the passengers of having 2 pilots on an average flight equates to a pittance.
- about the same "pittance" as the Radio Operator and the Flight Engineer.
Originally Posted by BerksFlyer
There is a reason. How's a computer going to distinguish between a technical fault with certain variables? Is it going to have decision making abilities? Remember, the first crash caused by a computer making the wrong decision (they are categoric, there is no inbetween) or by failing, will almost certainly be the last. Sure, human error is the still single largest cause of crashes (though I read it has come down greatly recently?), but still the best way for humans and their cargo to be transported (psychologically anyway) is by humans. Then again it would be typical of humans to manufacture our own downfall.
- Thank you! That's exactly why the plane will still have 2 pilots, but one of them will be on the ground.
Sure, these are issues that are way off in the future, 10 years at least. But if you're choosing to borrow £100K for integrated training right now, which will take most of that time to break even, they are just what you should be considering.