AI is moving faster than you think
BREAKING Today, over 240 pilots from the Air Line Pilots Association converged on Capitol Hill to meet with 170 members of Congress. These urgent meetings were sparked by alarming news that Airbus and the European regulatory body EASA, without completing and publishing a comprehensive safety study, are forging ahead with plans to certify the A350 for partial single-pilot operations. Airlines, Boeing, and pilot unions have condemned the move as reckless. ALPA’s president, Jason Ambrosi, warned that the program’s progress poses a grave threat to commercial air safety.
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3wNot sure if AI is the culprit. If I'm not mistaken, the partial single pilot operations is meant to only be on the A321 and A350 freighters (not passenger versions) and only during cruise. Also this might just be in the form of one of the pilots taking a short nap in their seat as opposed to leaving the cockpit. On some flights where you need a reserve crew on board to fly the aircraft for a portion of a long haul operation, you can have 1 person at the controls during cruise as opposed to two. Takeoff and landings would likely continue to be 2-pilot procedures and there will likely be rules on pilots resting coming back to the cockpit in the case of a sudden catastrophic failure. This isn't to save cost per say (although it will) because the wages for the extra pilot would so small in the bigger picture. This is more to help address the pilot shortage worldwide.