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> Not a great argument for a second pilot unless the second pilot never goes to the bathroom. The human factors involved in Germanwings 9525 didn't randomly occ
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> Not a great argument for a second pilot unless the second pilot never goes to the bathroom. The human factors involved in Germanwings 9525 didn't randomly occur during the flight, they specifically occured while the []pilot was in the bathroom.
While that's true, it is a good argument for a third pilot.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> it is a good argument for a third pilot To stop one crash in decades amidst hundreds of thousands of flights per day [1]? If you place that high of a value on a human life, there are better optimisations to do first at much lower cost. [1] https://financesonline.com/number-of-flights-worldwide/ https://financesonline.com/number-of-flights-worldwide/
- thaumasiotes 2y agoThat's a different argument about the third pilot. I'm just pointing out that while my parent was correct that the argument failed as a justification for two pilots, it doesn't fail for any other number. It's similar to the proof that all horses are the same color.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> while my parent was correct that the argument failed as a justification for two pilots, it doesn't fail for any other number It doesn't fail as much as not work. One can always come up with hypotheticals justifying more redundancy. Whether that's worth the tradeoff requires actually looking at the facts.
- dghlsakjg 2y agoOne of the changes from germanwings is that a third crew member must remain in the cockpit in the event that one of the pilots leaves for any reason.