Re:Driverless Cars Get Green Light in California
by waterlesscloud on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @09:00PM
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Airliners used to have a third crew member, the Flight Engineer, but that job has been automated into oblivion.
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Re:Driverless Cars Get Green Light in California
by neurotech1 on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @10:15PM
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A friend mentioned that non-scheduled (no passengers or commercial freight) flights in large aircraft (eg. 737) can still operate with a single-pilot and a rated flight engineer only. The pilot had to have her mask on (or clipped to the helmet) for the entire flight. This option is rarely done commercially, obviously.