Idea of airliners flown by solo pilots gains ground

[Metro752]

Will the pilot be connected to a heart monitor, and if he flat lines will the cockpit door automatically open, and all the PFD/MFDs say GAME OVER and the PAC Man game over sound effect plays on the PA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-8Dm1VThc

 

[JT12345]

Those are the incapacitations that r reported. There are sudden or is it subtile incapacitations that are resolved by the other pilot routinely that go unreported. Then there are pilots that don't even know that they are impaired due to fatigue, but do a good job with checks and balances between them and the automation.

Embraer displays their disconnect with the reality of line flying, and the contempory airline industry.

With drone technology as a back up single pilot will be possible if the flying public accepts it. Remote control airliner. The technology will be here in 10 years, but not the public. I think they would rather pay an extra $5 a ticket.

 

[Superunknown]

The technology will be here in 10 years, but not the public. I think they would rather pay an extra $5 a ticket.

It's not the 5 bucks per ticket...it's the unquantifiable factor of taking another potential threat (human) out of the equation...

How much is that worth?

 

[SLUF4]

The articles always cite pilot incapacitation as the main safety drawback to single pilot ops, but to me the biggest safety risk is the fact that you're losing one brain and one set of eyes in the cockpit. The system of cross-checking that is in place now would be non-existent if we go to single pilot. Nobody ever mentions that

 

[StopNTSing]

Really bad idea....every system in an airliner has redundant systems for a reason.

A logical and concise rebuttal to this silly idea. Well said, sir!

 

[Superunknown]

A logical and concise rebuttal to this silly idea. Well said, sir!

He said as he's flying the airliner equivalent of the 'jet Cessna of the sky'....

 

[Jeff Helgeson]

How retro!....

So the one-and-only pilot is just going to leave the cockpit unattended while he uses the lav?

Hopefully this idea will die a quick death...

....I guess "relief tubes" will be making a comeback in a major way! : - laugh:

 

[Traderd]

Helicopters as well...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/21/u-s-military-to-experiment-with-unmanned-helicopters/?hpt=Sbin

 

[BEfly]

Won't happen for a loooong time. Flying public won't go for it, FAA won't go for it, insurance certainly won't.

 

[BigPappa]

The cheapest piece of insurance you can have on a plane is the second pilot!