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Old 8th November 2008 | 15:06
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BelArgUSA
 
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After that, how about "single engine" airplanes...
Maybe Mr. MOL dreams about operating small single engine jets, with 1 pilot.
And strap the passengers under the wing... (under, when it rains) -
Must be quite economical, compared to a 737...
xxx
I started my airline career when we still had flight navigators in the 707s...
Then the INS navigation... bye bye navigators.
We were left with the two pilots and the flight engineer.
Was quite inconvenient to play bridge in cruise... we switch to other games.
Then, Mr. Boeing and Mr. Douglas got airplanes with just 2 pilots...
United and Western pilots fought to continue operating 737s with 3 pilots for long...
xxx
So expect Ryanair to operate single pilot flights for short 1 hour flights.
JAR certainly will find a way to make it legal, one way or another.
No danger (I guess) the poor guy to fly asleep.
Is pushing little buttons of a FMS a cause of lethargy...?
xxx
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a slight problem...
Please identify yourself if you have a pilot licence, our captain is not feeling well.
xxx

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