Single pilot crews by 2020?
06-16-2010, 04:11 PM
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06-16-2010, 04:23 PM
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Yeah, after all all those 135 piston singles, light twins, Caravans, Banderantes, Metros, King Airs, 1900s, Shorts, etc, are just falling out of the sky 
Don't get me wrong, I think a second pilot is a good insurance policy just like a we shouldn't build a single engine 737. But, the idea single pilot flight is risky is just silly.
Don't get me wrong, I think a second pilot is a good insurance policy just like a we shouldn't build a single engine 737. But, the idea single pilot flight is risky is just silly.
06-18-2010, 08:51 AM
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It is not particularly risky on any one single flight, but if you look at the statistics several US airline pilots are incapacitated in flight each year. It makes the news in a minor way in some cases but if there was only one pilot...that could translate to multiple smoking-hole accidents each year.
06-18-2010, 09:00 AM
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The AF tried that with UAV's...turns out that long distance radio/satellite relays are limited by the speed of light. This introduces latency in the control response due to signal transmission and processing delays.
After they figured out that pilots located in the US could not reliably land UAV's by remote control over long distances they had to relocate ground control stations at the overseas TO/landing sites.
So each airline is going to have pilots stationed on duty at each outstation just in case an emergency radio-control landing is required?
What about when al queda hacks into the control system...
06-18-2010, 09:59 AM
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What's it doing now?
I visited JPL when they were planning the Mars Rover mission. The time lag made even a simple command (like turning to avoid a rock) very complicated. It was unwise to send a second instruction until seeing what the first one had accomplished, and that took a while. Meanwhile, the Rover would still be moving. Kind of like a GCA controller using text messages to direct the approach.
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