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Given how good ChatGPT is at coding, I'd bet on software development being radically disrupted before we're boarding planes with zero pilots.
by nostromo 3y ago
Given how good ChatGPT is at coding, I'd bet on software development being radically disrupted before we're boarding planes with zero pilots.
- khazhoux 3y ago"I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. The altitude is indeed 1,200 feet, not 12,000 feet. The correct action to take is to increase pitc"
- silisili 3y agoI don't think we'll ever be at zero pilots. But one pilot instead of 2(or more) would nearly halve the pilot market, no?
- civilitty 3y agoWe're facing a really bad pilot shortage right now, even in the fun jobs like flying fighter jets for the Air Force. That change would allow more plains to fly, I doubt it'd hurt the market for pilots - salaries which are already depressed because the airlines have been able to get away with it.
- nradov 3y agoThe complaints I have heard from military pilots are that shortages are caused mainly by toxic leadership and unattractive career path options. Combat pilots don't appreciate taking orders from careerists or "shoe clerks". And they don't want to get stuck in staff or management assignments for years just because the service needs a warm body to fill a slot. Plus the day-to-day administrative workload is high even when they're not flying. So, a lot of them in the O-3 to O-5 range just get burnt out and quit. Air Force leadership could fix those retention problems if they actually wanted to, and it wouldn't even be very expensive.
- rs999gti 3y agoOr a room of remote pilots that are signaled to take control in an emergency?
- NateEag 3y agoIf a plane gets struck by lightning, the remote connection may cease functioning. So, too, might the onboard computer. Regardless of what naive optimization might suggest, I doubt the airlines are going to risk the headline "217 Dead In Pilot-less Plane Crash" any time soon.