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A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage. (news.yahoo.com)

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A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage.::The flight system allows a plane to be remote operated by a pilot on the ground, which could streamline pilot airline operations in the future.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Considering most all commercial flights are fly by wire except for taxi, takeoff, and landing… not sure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"with no pilot onboard"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We've been flying things without pilots onboard as far back as WW2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bombs don't count.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Target drones, not the buzzbombs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth#Gunnery_target_drone

edit: I suppose you don't have to land gunnery targets just like you don't really have to land bombs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, there is a pilot veteran with ptsd along the passengers, he could maybe do the job. And he knows one of the air hostess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

But he's got that drinking problem..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes I understand and agree that this is not the right path to take.

Automation however is inevitable. There is proven tech that’s existed for decades, the only new things being added here are taxiing, takeoff and landing (and honestly takeoff and landing are already automated, they’re just not used as much)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And we currently see issues even with current (relatively) modest automation systems that are designed to prevent pilot error.

There's way too many failures with current systems to even talk about full automation yet, in my opinion.

Let's get current automation subsystems to much lower error rates first.

I've never seen a fuel injection system on a car suddenly stop delivering fuel for no apparent reason, then startup again. The computers for such systems in cars are tremendously over-engineered.

I can't understand why we accept less for aircraft systems today. This didn't used to be the case.