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It is of the utmost importance that professionals in the business and commercial aviation industry stand with ALPA in the fight against airlines and governing bodies to irradicate 50% of the flight deck. We have already seen positions like a flight navigator/radio operator cut (in some aircraft), followed by the flight engineer, all to keep profits high. Now, they are not only attempting to cut down on jobs to increase margins but doing so at a direct cost to the safety of the passengers and crew aboard, putting all at a far more substantial risk than prior. We can see, just as recently as 2015, the tragic Germanwings 9525 incident, which was caused by the F/O deliberately crashing the aircraft into terrain after the Captain was locked out of the flight deck, and this is not an isolated incident; we just saw the Horizon jump-seater, and what he tried to do. If enacted, this change would not only prove a disaster for Crew Resource Management (CRM) but also a risk to safety in general from more than one angle. As we all know, the FARs and other aviation regulations are written in BLOOD, but it shouldn't take blood to see that this proposition may, God forbid, directly lead to one or more tragic occurrences.
Some people are saying one pilot is enough. That’s like saying one wing is enough. Air travel in the U.S. is the safest mode of transportation because there are always two pilots on the flight deck. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eS4PQeEj #SafetyStartsWith2 EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency Airbus
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2wI'm going to say this again. Its fine to fight that fight, but you’re gonna lose it. What you should be doing is getting the rules chain for single pilot operation so that becomes financially in eligible for companies to implement it. You want to keep the two pilots you make it a while for them to keep them. It’s all about the Benjamins. Don’t take my word for it, though look around and tell me a time that technology has not eliminated a pilot position.