Something to be concerned about?

Retired in SAN said:
What issues? Corporate has been doing it for years..
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Oversaturation when there are multiple things are happening wrongly.

Also, just because it has worked in a smaller scale on the corporate level, from a safety standpoint it isn't there yet with 121 operations. It's also going to be awhile when they are there.
 
It will eventually happen with smaller regional type companies. Then there will be a crash and a massive lawsuit that exceeds the amount of money saved. What will follow will be a return back to two crew. There are to many variables in aviation for automation to take over completely. It's all about money, not safety.
 
That would be a nightmare.

Who am I going to confer with when the crap hits the fan?

I can only imagine the CRM disaster if something happened on the airplane trying to run the QRH, make decisions, coordinate with the cabin crew, talk to flight control and… oh yeah, ATC. Forget about squeezing out a PA to the passengers so they don't self-evacuate when you're landing with a manageable hydraulic failure.
 
Derg said:
That would be a nightmare.

Who am I going to confer with when the crap hits the fan?

I can only imagine the CRM disaster if something happened on the airplane trying to run the QRH, make decisions, coordinate with the cabin crew, talk to flight control and… oh yeah, ATC. Forget about squeezing out a PA to the passengers so they don't self-evacuate when you're landing with a manageable hydraulic failure.
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Plus, who's gonna fly the thing when you have to make a deuce?
 
Retired in SAN said:
What issues? Corporate has been doing it for years..
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It's "worked" in corporate. I may be wrong and probably am, but is there a part 25 single pilot corporate jet? I think all the single pilot jets are part 23 (again don't have time to google foo it). I've never understood an owner who wants a twin engine jet with all its redundant systems who doesn't balk at having a single pilot.
 
I think the crash of German Wings will also help put this on the back burner in Europe for a few more years. They are studying it, but far from implementing it.
 
Box hauler said:
Not going to happen so I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. The cost alone to make all of these aircraft single pilot capable is a massive deterrent.
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Do you honestly think they'd convert every airplane to single pilot? No. They start building them as new designs and phase them in.
 
I love it when people trot out the single pilot Citation (or similar) when this gets discussed.

Go talk to legit operators and their insurance brokers if you want the real answer, which sounds remarkably like "um, yea....no".

Speaking of which...my corporate buds tell me there is a bit of a corporate pilot shortage going on right now. Turns out that most insurance requires mins higher than 121, so a lot of guys are starting to bail to the 121 operators before going down the corporate track.

Richman
 
jskibo said:
Yes, but to get FAA Cert I need to design a bag and attachment capable of 16Gs.........

Not sure why that's a requirement, perhaps they don't want scat on the rudder pedals during a high G event.
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Don't most high G events end up like that anyway? Maybe some kind of diaper would be a better option?

Bp244
 
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