Discussion for article #241471
The increased automation of travel (airplanes and now freight carrying trucks) will soon be an excuse for aircraft to only have one pilot and for truckers to be replaced with less skilled ‘handlers’ or made to work 16 hour shifts (or both). These kind of incidents should be a warning to regulators.
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If it happens it will last until the first time the bus driver has a medical issue. A 767 is about 200 million. Then there is the compensation that has to be paid to the families of the passengers and anyone injured or damaged on the ground. I’d be surprised if the costs of the incident stayed under $500,000,000. You can pay a lot of co-pilot salaries with $500M, and not have to buy back a bunch of good will.
I don’t expect to see the FAA allowing one-person cockpits in my lifetime.
Ah hell — Ya think it’s a little stressful up front ? ? — Try taking a ride towards the back of the damn plane sometime —