Airlines and regulators are already looking beyond controversial plans for single-pilot flights to flights that have no pilots at all.
A pilotless aircraft? That’s the direction some see as the future of the commercial aviation industry, and it’s a scary prospect.
That’s a tantalising prospect for airlines. Autonomous systems don’t get sick, they don’t get tired, they don’t go on strike – and they don’t get paid.The technological challenges of autonomous commercial flight are mind boggling. Pilots are regularly assessed on their ability to deal with extreme and unexpected situations on flight simulators.
“Having some remote access to controls like a remote pilot would destroy the current security concept of having commercial jets separated from any outside connection,” according to former Qantas captain Bill Austen.
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