A big warning of airline industry?

Re:A big warning of airline industry? by daim on Thursday March 26, 2015 @12:54PM (#9271098)

I foresee regulation changes where a pilot of a commercial aircraft requiring multiple pilots cannot be left alone at the controls. Humans can be entirely unpredictable

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Re:A big warning of airline industry? by AnimalMuppet on Thursday March 26, 2015 @01:10PM (#9271266)

You have to have one pilot able to take over solo if the other becomes incapacitated (heart attack, food poisoning, whatever). But that means that one pilot can take over by incapacitating the other. There's no way around it (other than, perhaps, three people in the cockpit).

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Re:A big warning of airline industry? by daim on Thursday March 26, 2015 @09:17PM (#9274246)

Or just get the head steward in there if one of the required crew needs to use the can.

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Re:A big warning of airline industry? by lexliang on Friday March 27, 2015 @07:45AM (#9275688)

I think this could help, but I thought this is a common procedure in the US?

It is not the case in Europe.

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Re:A big warning of airline industry? by lexliang on Friday March 27, 2015 @07:42AM (#9275679)

I think this is one of a great solution regarding to the GermanWing case or even MH370.

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