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What about the gigantic incentive to live resulting in poorer performance? We saw this on Air France - where the pilots' panic caused them to ignore readily av
by potatolicious 12y ago
What about the gigantic incentive to live resulting in poorer performance?
We saw this on Air France - where the pilots' panic caused them to ignore readily available information that would have saved their lives.
On the whole of it, I'd rather the plane be flown by a computer, with a remote pilot jumping in for extreme edge cases.
- brandonmenc 12y agoHow about all three? Computer, with a pilot on board monitoring things, and a remote pilot for extreme emergencies. Someone should be able to physically take some kind of control when the computer pilot breaks and the comm link to the remote pilot doesn't work.
- brianberns 12y agoI think this is a good solution, except that experienced pilots will eventually become quite rare after computers take over the job.
- nemanja 12y agoWell, that's more or less how it works today. Airline pilot's job is basically hours of boredom punctuated by minutes of terror. Computers do most of the work, pilots are there for takeoffs and landings (which could be automated) but more importantly for when things really go wrong. Airline pilots flying scheduled flights (Part 121) are in constant communication with the dispatcher on the ground. Dispatcher is trained to pretty much the same standard as pilots and helps with the planning, safety and can help with workload during flight. Having all three in place is probably why airline flying is so safe these days. On the other hand, I could see freighters (e.g. likes of FedEx fleet) fully automated in the near future (5 years? less?)