Single pilot 797

Certainly within the realm of possibility. Though it's odd to see Boring Airplanes (all-hail-the-pilots-we-don't-trust-computers-Inc.) discussing it.

Didn't Embraer want to have a single-pilot 190 by 2020?
 
Phenom 300 is a single pilot airplane
Last I checked, all the 135 joints fly it with two pilots
 
BigZ said:
Phenom 300 is a single pilot airplane
Last I checked, all the 135 joints fly it with two pilots
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Their insurance may mandate that they do so, or their Operations Specifications.

I doubt that an airliner can be safely operated single pilot without either some sort of onboard intelligent assistant or high speed datalink to the ground (or possibly both)...though if it means I don't have to wear pants...
 
Probably not:

From article dated 20 MAY 2019:

"But in a statement provided to CNBC late Monday, Boeing said the NMA was not a plane that would herald a technological revolution.
“We remain focused on executing on our commitments, including evaluating the business case for the NMA. With that said, should we launch, the NMA flight deck is being designed for two pilots and we’ve been consistent that we don’t see NMA as a technology push airplane,”

www.cnbc.com

Some airlines want Boeing's new '797' to fly with just one pilot on board

The industry has been outlining what they would want if Boeing builds a new mid-market aircraft.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

From a public relations perspective, Single Pilot would seem to be an unwise path for them to take in light of the recent HAL 9000-like behavior of their latest designs.

The airlines would love it, but luckily for the profession we're still a few decades away, I think. Boeing's recent failures have set the prospect/likelihood of it happening back even farther than a few years ago.

Maybe they can automate flight attendants with vending machine robots first.
 
Alchemy said:
Probably not:

From article dated 20 MAY 2019:

"But in a statement provided to CNBC late Monday, Boeing said the NMA was not a plane that would herald a technological revolution.
“We remain focused on executing on our commitments, including evaluating the business case for the NMA. With that said, should we launch, the NMA flight deck is being designed for two pilots and we’ve been consistent that we don’t see NMA as a technology push airplane,”

www.cnbc.com

Some airlines want Boeing's new '797' to fly with just one pilot on board

The industry has been outlining what they would want if Boeing builds a new mid-market aircraft.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

From a public relations perspective, Single Pilot would seem to be an unwise path for them to take in light of the recent HAL 9000-like behavior of their latest designs.

The airlines would love it, but luckily for the profession we're still a few decades away, I think. Boeing's recent failures have set the prospect/likelihood of it happening back even farther than a few years ago.

Maybe they can automate flight attendants with vending machine robots first.
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Look no further than the scope busting CRJ 550 with first class and a snack and beverage vending machine.
 
Boeing can totally pull this off.
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Honestly the whole single pilot / uplink thing wouldn't work very well IMO. It could work in specific situations (pilot has heart attack in cruise kinda thing) but it would do nothing in high workload environments where there may not be a lot of time to fix an issue caused by the flying pilot.

I am more worried about AI in the future as it is a more likely contender to replace pilots.
 
Maurus said:
Honestly the whole single pilot / uplink thing wouldn't work very well IMO. It could work in specific situations (pilot has heart attack in cruise kinda thing) but it would do nothing in high workload environments where there may not be a lot of time to fix an issue caused by the flying pilot.

I am more worried about AI in the future as it is a more likely contender to replace pilots.
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I prefer "no pilots" over one pilot as well.
 
Derg said:
Considering the problems with the 787 rollout and the 737Max, I dont think I’ll see the NMA before I retire in the 2030’s.
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They have to do something though don't they? Unless they want to just surrender the midsize market to Airbus, with their shiny new A320XLR.
 
QXDX said:
It's just a matter of time before single pilot airliners become the norm. Of far more interest to me are the requirements to qualify as a single pilot, and the protocols under which a single pilot will operate.
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It's funny because most of the 135 I've been around is going in the opposite direction. They're finding it's far cheaper(insurance) and safer to operate with 2 even when certified to do it with 1.
 
Old guy here. Not the important demographic any longer.

Won’t ride in a driverless car.

Won’t fly single pilot 121, or no pilot 121 (or anything else).

The relatively simple, state-of-the-art CAD system I use at 911has more bugs in it than my backyard. Ain’t flying, personally, without two trained humans on the front end.
 
I don’t see it happening for quite a while if ever.

I’m running through an emergency procedure in my head and I’m trying to figure out how I’m both going to fly an airplane, try to recover the systems and coordinate with the cabin and ATC with zero help.

No offense, but when the weather hits the fan and I ask dispatch for a little help, oftentimes it’s “I’m working X flights right now, I’ll get back to you when (if) I can”. I can only imagine remote communicating with someone on the ground, dividing tasks, coordinating a potential evacuation and having another “pilot”, completely secular to the smells, sounds, coppery taste of fear in his mouth and the potential doom making operational decisions with inputs to my autoflight system.

My car can look at my schedule, open the garage door, back itself out and turn on my favorite radio station on time, but when it autopilot decides to epically fail, it fails hard so you have to watch it.

Just like an airplane. Autoland is great until it ain’t, and that’s a recurring nightmare you don’t get over.
 
Bob Ridpath said:
Old guy here. Not the important demographic any longer.

Won’t ride in a driverless car.

Won’t fly single pilot 121, or no pilot 121 (or anything else).

The relatively simple, state-of-the-art CAD system I use at 911has more bugs in it than my backyard. Ain’t flying, personally, without two trained humans on the front end.
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Self driving cars, even at this relatively early stage, are far safer than human driven cars. Humans suck. That said, flying is far more complex than driving, and I don’t see this happening in the next few decades. Bring on the driverless cars as quickly as possible, though!
 
SlumTodd_Millionaire said:
Self driving cars, even at this relatively early stage, are far safer than human driven cars. Humans suck. That said, flying is far more complex than driving, and I don’t see this happening in the next few decades. Bring on the driverless cars as quickly as possible, though!
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I view driverless cars as an all-or-nothing sort of proposition; they either all need to be that way or none of them can be that way.

I'd ride in one. I'd even consider riding in a pilotless airplane. But I won't ride in a single-pilot airliner.
 
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