Will UAW Strike?

[Torvy]

I mean, if a single pilot can fly an f-22, then why does a 737 need 2......

There are more reasons, but the easiest one to point out is liability. A 737 contains 1 to, what, 200 passengers? If bad things happen on that flight, there's an army of injury lawyers looking for new yachts. If an F22 goes down, it's just the pilot, except in rare cases where he couldn't avoid a populated area.

 

[MossRoad]

First they came for the pin boys....

 

[ruffdog]

First they came for the pin boys....

My dad set pins when he was young. Just think if technology never moved past those days.

 

[MossRoad]

My dad set pins when he was young. Just think if technology never moved past those days.

So did my father in-law.... 10 cents a game.

 

[bigtiller]

As a kid, I played 3 games in rented shoes for a dollar. The eats/drinks were to expensive there.

 

[MossRoad]

As a kid, I played 3 games in rented shoes for a dollar. The eats/drinks were to expensive there.

My wife was on bowling teams since she was a kid. I never bowled until we started dating. We joined a few leagues for quite a while. So did several of our friends. It's pretty fun. I was even league secretary for several years at my last employer. We had 12 teams.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

There are more reasons, but the easiest one to point out is liability. A 737 contains 1 to, what, 200 passengers? If bad things happen on that flight, there's an army of injury lawyers looking for new yachts. If an F22 goes down, it's just the pilot, except in rare cases where he couldn't avoid a populated area.

I'm sure they can expense the people and their lawyers to bolster the short term gains.

Remember, if it makes sense. It ain't right

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

The usaf was talking single pilots for tankers. Iirc airlines were as well

I'm sure eventually they'll have their way and that'll be 50% reduction in pilots.

I mean, if a single pilot can fly an f-22, then why does a 737 need 2......

They will automate at least one seat in the next 20 years. Maybe both moving forward… the public will also have to be comfortable knowing the AI at the helm, has no skin in the game. Also, based on our current NAV and avionics glitches in each new software load… a pilot will need to be there to fill the gap for some time. We are still in the very beginning stages of ATC being able to actually send route information and changes, directly to the aircraft… they have even trying to implement it for years, and the FAA has gotten almost nowhere.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

There are more reasons, but the easiest one to point out is liability. A 737 contains 1 to, what, 200 passengers? If bad things happen on that flight, there's an army of injury lawyers looking for new yachts. If an F22 goes down, it's just the pilot, except in rare cases where he couldn't avoid a populated area.

Also, in an airliner, in civil airspace… if one pilot is working the problem, the other pilot is flying, talking to ATC, diverting etc… no one gets to eject

 

[Torvy]

… no one gets to eject

Hahaha...probably not funny, but struck me as funny.

Imagine all of those plane crash movies, but the pilots eject and the passengers go down with the plane...or all of the seats eject.