Single-Pilot Cockpits Floated in NASA Study

Posted by softdev12 on Sunday December 14, 2014 @11:03PM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/single-pilot-cockpits-floated-in-nasa-study-1418611930

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Re:Single-Pilot Cockpits Floated in NASA Study by couchwire on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:29AM (#8751347)

I know that planes are mostly automated these days but I wouldn't run a large website with N+0 redundancy, let alone get in a plane with the same resilience. Not sure how I feel about this.

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Re:Single-Pilot Cockpits Floated in NASA Study by schoash on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:31AM (#8751352)

In about 10 years we gonna see 1 pilot taking care of 5 planes simultaneously from the ground, just like it is done with drones.

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Re:Single-Pilot Cockpits Floated in NASA Study by phreeza on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:48AM (#8751395)

I doubt it, since one of the main functions of a pilot is to be around in case something goes wrong, which in this case could include the satellite up-link going down.

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