I haven't really been listening to their conference calls. But either way autonomous planes and helicopter will definitely reduce the need for plane pilots. Are we going to see more of them lose their jobs?
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I wouldnt expect that anytime soon. It will be a while before we see those things autonomous. We are still trying to get a handle on automobiles.
I can only imagine the path that will have to travel to get through the regulators for pilotless planes and helicopters. I bet it will take years just to get through the regulators once that have the technology...which is still years away.
That is my guess.
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Yea it will be years out but it predicts the direction we will head. We won't need people anymore and I also think airplanes have a bunch of auto-pilot now also. They just have operators to ensure everything is running correctly or is that just something still in movies?
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From what I understand, autopilot in planes is legit. The pilots are only there to monitor and, actually more likely, take over if there is a problem.
I think the majority of most flights are done on autopilot. Of course, very little to hit in the air and the GPS can just track everything.
A different world when trying to land something.
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Yea, that's pretty much it. I'm not an expert in aviation but I have a few friends in the industry.
Autopilot is a thing indeed and the pilots are there to monitor and make sure nothing goes out of plan. If that's the case, then they take over.
You are also right about landing... that can be tough and (at least to my knowledge) no autopilot can do that yet.
I read about some landing assisting devices that are quite clever but they don't aim to replace the pilot, it's just for situations when you have a lot of fog, clouds and stuff like that. Usually, they just cancel or redirect flights under those circumstances, but those systems could help the pilot to safely land a plane even if they don't have 100% clear vision of the landing strip.
I'm not sure what's the status on that though.
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I think it more likely the aircraft controllers get replaced before the pilots. They do nothing but look at computer monitors anyway.
A computer can do most of what they do.
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It's probably gonna take a while. It's not gonna be easy to convince people to get in a plane that has no pilot.
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It will happen when we prove there are less accidents and faster times for doing so. But yea it will take a while.
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That is true for sure. I know I won't be comfortable in such situation
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Have to convince them to get in a car with no driver first.
That is going to be a tough challenge.
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