Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Waymo, is headquartered here in PHX, I believe. I see their self-driving cars... being driven by humans, all the time in the east valley.
Save your pennies (aka what will you do after your job is automated)
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Yeah, having LNAV and VNAV forget how to... nav on an approach in the mountains at night is fun. "This is me.. click click"
wheelsup
Well-Known Member
It's pretty rare and the few times I have to it's probably because I screwed up first.
I routinely marvel at how amazing it is you can depart one coast and arrive at the other five hours later without touching a single thing except the autopilot button, gear/flaps, and thrust lever movement to the "climb" detent.
The Airbus had an issue with a sudden climb when trying to descend but they fixed that not too long ago. Had something to do with temps up at altitude.
learhawkerbe400
Well-Known Member
35,000 killed in car crashes in the US in 2016.
Zero killed on US airliners since 2009.
skatergeek
Beet Farmer
Saw one of those the other day on the 202. Told my wife - “oh look one of the ‘driverless’ cars”...felt pretty dumb when we passed it and a dude was driving.
thegriffinpages
AKA "Icicles"
Me too, my friend
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
Dude was monitoring.
What’s the point of having to monitor a driverless car? Might as well just drive it.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
But sir!
wheelsup
Well-Known Member
Because it's not currently legal to send cars out without drivers. Technology always moves faster than the law.
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
And that’s why there won’t be any single pilot 121 airplanes in revenue service in 5 years!
Am thinking maybe testing or such before certification down the road somewhere. Whenever that will be. I don't know.
It's automated. In AUTO, the isolation valve is open if any bleed or pack switch is off, or closed if not.
Hiboglossi
The Most Depressing Person
Yes, we are fortunate that even if automated or single-pilot airliners become feasible, regulation will buy us some time.
There are other jobs that are at risk of being automated away sooner. In fact studies have suggested that 47% of today's jobs are at risk of disappearing in the next 25 years. If there is 47% unemployment, the economy certainly won't support many pilots, and this always seems to be ignored when we have these discussions. Air travel is a luxury and if you work for an airline your livelihood is largely dependant on most of society having enough disposable income to afford it.
pete2800
'Member?
You have to add on the obligatory half-century during which Boeing will make longer and longer versions of the same thing while changing everything except for the stuff that matters.
I predict that in 2042, the 797-MAXXX20UBER will be announced. It will be flown by two pilots, and carry 400 passengers sedated in stacked bunks. Orders will roll in because the CASM will be almost nothing.