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Originally Posted by ted
turning military and commercial aircraft into drones is sounding better...
they just need to make the technology more affordable than the pilots.
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I was waiting for this.
So there you are sitting in First Class when the college intern--the cheap labor the airline hires in lieu of actually paying someone--walks onboard to program the flight computers. He slips the disc into the FMS and downloads the data. You see him having some problem getting it to take and then finally gets the data loaded. You ask the stew for another drink. Then the intern exits the flight deck and closes the flight deck door. He bids the A flight attendant (the one up front) farewell, steps into the jetway and closes the entry door with a firm thud. An automated voice comes on (cheaper than a real voice) and does the safety announcement. And as you taxi to the runway the FMS computer discovers a glitch and the jet stops. And you wait while the intern, sitting in a small office in the office area of the terminal, reboots the FMS. He then hits "resume" and the jet continues taxi for takeoff.
Feeling like you saved some bucks huh? Smart you! How's that free drink? Your mouth is dry? How come, you saved all that money flying on the no-pilots airline.
Oh, by the way, the airline suits won't "pass along the savings" when they are finally able to get rid of all their costly troublesome labor. You'll still pay all the money they can get from you to go to Las Vegas.
The simple solutions always seem so darn simple. If we could just ____________ the world would be a much better place.
Keep this in mind too. Corporate jets will NEVER have automated "drone" flight decks. The suits know damn well they want real pros up front, guys who know WTF they're doing and who won't screw up and kill them. It's YOU the traveling public who will get drone air travel. Cheaper.