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to be honest, why not start by having cargo planes flown by AI in an unmanned aircraft? You can have an office where drone-operator style aircraft operators ca
by m23khan 10y ago
to be honest, why not start by having cargo planes flown by AI in an unmanned aircraft?
You can have an office where drone-operator style aircraft operators can log in for 8 hour shift and then 'handover' to the next shift's operator before heading home.
I understand the sentiment of having an actual human(s) fly passengers but cargo is just -- cargo and it's not as if the skies are as complicated as the roads with rules and other manual driving cars.
- neurotech1 10y agoTwo reasons: 1) Because if a cargo jet crashes a large number of ground fatalities is a possible outcome.[0][1] 2) Drone "operators" who are basically monitoring the AI and instruments will not be at peak focus when they need it most. Compare US Air 1549 [2] with Asiana 214 [3]. Capt. Sullenberger well rested and 110% focused on landing the jet, as safely as possible. The crew of Asiana 214 were obviously not focused 100% on landing and were unable to make a "manual" visual landing on a clear day in a normal functioning 777. The USAF has a contingency plan to shoot down a drone if it drifts off course towards a populated area, or to prevent capture by non-friendly governments.[4] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_6491 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_6491 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_Flight_1862 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_Flight_1862 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214 [4] http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-09/when-drones-go-wild-air-force-shoots-them-down http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/20...