So, the commercial pilot's days are numbered...?

[Wally Mk2]

I think we drivers are pretty safe for now.

The QF A380 that near fell from the sky when a Roller let go would be a good reason not to have pilot-less planes in the air.
Imagine someone on the ground controlling that craft when it all went bang! Sh1t he/she would say, their doomed but I'm safe 'cause my EBA says all care & no responsibility!



Wmk2

[Azzure]

Well some airlines are already charging to sit up the front I cant see a shortage of people willing to pay money to monitor the computer..

[Oktas8]

A Dash-9 Q700 ... into NZGS or a B1900Z ... into Kerikeri.

Good point that man about turboprops into Gizzy. Can't see small & remote destinations being computerised, maybe ever. I was thinking more of large long-haul aircraft, already highly computerised and flying to highly procedural-ised airports. If the public uses cars that can self-drive safely & consistently, will they still want humans on the super-jumbo flight decks? I think it's a different perception to the smaller lighter aircraft.

With the global population growing why the hell is anyone thinking of removing THOUSANDS of jobs?

To save money (definitely), and to increase safety (not true today, but perhaps in future). That's how Western society progresses, even if we put "progress" in quotation marks when it's our own jobs at stake!

their doomed but I'm safe 'cause my EBA says all care & no responsibility!

Is that what you would say Wally? I don't look at my EBA to decide how conscientiously I should work. In fact I don't know anyone who works harder to save lives just because they're on board. Think ATCO's and LAME's.

Good discussion
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