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Old 27th Jun 2015, 19:07
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jmmoric
 
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Guess the next is a remote flight deck technology, where multiple aircrafts are controlled by only a few pilots that are able to switch between aircrafts depending on when a pilot (actually) flying is needed for the phase of flight.

Zoom down the runway, once airborne, press auto and from then on the control is handled by the computer, acting on the instructions given via datalink from the controlling ACC computer, and the pilots switch to the next needed aircraft.

Saving manpower all around, making us all either earning on the stocks, or cleaning toilets (whereby we have even less money to pay for the airfare, making the beancounters looking for even more ways to cut costs).
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