Do we have evidence the additional training improves safety? (Honest question.)
Autopilot is a real thing in the air. Airlines are a powerful industry, but that doesn’t make the flight training cabal any less entrenched. At what point does improving technology enable lighter-trained pilots to safely take the helm?
And if there was only one pilot in the cockpit that would’ve ended badly. We still need two pilots. In the future we might maybe be able to rely on one pilot but thats not today.
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Do we have evidence the additional training improves safety? (Honest question.)
Autopilot is a real thing in the air. Airlines are a powerful industry, but that doesn’t make the flight training cabal any less entrenched. At what point does improving technology enable lighter-trained pilots to safely take the helm?
The Hudson River landing wasn’t done by autopilot. Technology is nowhere near being able to replace human pilots.
And if there was only one pilot in the cockpit that would’ve ended badly. We still need two pilots. In the future we might maybe be able to rely on one pilot but thats not today.