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Old 27th Oct 2014, 17:59
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taylud123
 
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The future of airline pilots

hi

At the moment i am currently studying for my GCSEs, and i need to make a decision on what i would like to do as a career. I am interested in becoming an airline pilot, but before i commit myself i have a question.

How long do you think it will be before an airline pilots job is obsolete, would it worth all the time and money to train if there is no future for airline pilots?

If you think back 15 years, there were 3 -4 pilots working in the cockpit, now only 2 and their workload has been drastically reduced. How long will it be before there is only 1 pilot, just monitoring the computer flying, or a totally unmanned aircraft.

So if i did become a pilot, how long would i have in the job before automation and computers take over a pilots job?

I would like people and other airline pilots opinions, as this could change my career choice
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