Re:Airlines lobbying FAA to have only one pilot in the cockpit
by biomcgary on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:18PM
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Why not require a pilot with 1.5k of hours and allow co-pilots with 250+ hours for cargo and 500+ hours for passenger? It would decrease the upfront cost of getting trained as a pilot before getting paid.
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Re:Airlines lobbying FAA to have only one pilot in the cockpit
by josefx on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:46AM
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Some accidents where caused by pilot and copilot providing conflicting input. Having two pilots pilots with significant training differences has the potential to make things worse.
Re:Airlines lobbying FAA to have only one pilot in the cockpit
by nradov on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:33PM
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Which accidents are those? Pilot training has long emphasized the importance of having only one pilot actively flying the aircraft at a time, while the other acts as a monitor.
Re:Airlines lobbying FAA to have only one pilot in the cockpit
by josefx on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:08PM
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2009 Air France 447. The copilot was panicking and never let go of the controls even after vocally handing them over. The pilot only seemed to realize this shortly before the crash.
The wiki page for it mentions a lot of other issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447 . Including an offhand remark by the pilot that he only had one hour of sleep and warnings that only sounded when the plane was in a remotely sane orientation.