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Old 10th Jul 2009, 00:54
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crocodile redundee
 
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I wonder whether the recent Air France A330 disaster would have been averted by having that "3rd pair of eyes" on the Flight Deck?? (And many other incidents over the years) Progress?? Technological Redundancy?? Not always a positive step forward in Aviation.........
I did hear said that when Airbus were introducing their A320 (2 crew) concept that they were prepared to wear the "occasional" disaster on the type as an unfortunate "Statistic" when relating incidents precluded by having only 2 crew flight decks.
That 3rd pair of eyes is "Cheap Insurance" (had been calculated at $2 extra per pax ticket based on a 130 pax aircraft over a 4 hour sector.) The general public wouldn't bat an eyelid over paying that, knowing the asset it provided to a flight crew overall....
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