No, he doesn't.
And a TCAS can't ditch on the Hudson River.....
I'll tell you what, my boys. There are about 10 freight trains a day that rumble by my house, on their way to Chattanooga from Birmingham, AL.
They operate in one dimension, they travel 70 mph max and they are worth about one tenth of one O'Leary's jets. And they carry a crew of three. When they get down to one occupant we'll start talking about airliners.....
And there are several automated train systems throughout the world with no crew at al!!
The tech is available right now and is used over the worlds hot spots all the time.