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I foresee regulation changes where a pilot of a commercial aircraft requiring multiple pilots cannot be left alone at the controls. Humans can be entirely unpre

by daim 12y ago

I foresee regulation changes where a pilot of a commercial aircraft requiring multiple pilots cannot be left alone at the controls. Humans can be entirely unpredictable

AnimalMuppet 12y ago
You have to have one pilot able to take over solo if the other becomes incapacitated (heart attack, food poisoning, whatever). But that means that one pilot can take over by incapacitating the other. There's no way around it (other than, perhaps, three people in the cockpit).
- daim 12y ago
  Or just get the head steward in there if one of the required crew needs to use the can.
  - lexliang 12y ago
    I think this could help, but I thought this is a common procedure in the US? It is not the case in Europe.
lexliang 12y ago
I think this is one of a great solution regarding to the GermanWing case or even MH370.