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COLUMNS As the Beacon Turns #89: Send In the DronesWho needs two pilots in an airline cockpit when one will do? For that matter, who needs one when a flight-sim-trained teenager can do it from the ground? Heck, get one of those brains in a dish and you don’t even need the teen! AVweb’s Michael Maya Charles ponders the future of airline cockpits in this month’s As The Beacon Turns column.

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Published May 1, 2005 12:00 AM EDT

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As the Beacon Turns #89: Send In the Drones
Who needs two pilots in an airline cockpit when one will do? For that matter, who needs one when a flight-sim-trained teenager can do it from the ground? Heck, get one of those brains in a dish and you don't even need the teen! AVweb's Michael Maya Charles ponders the future of airline cockpits in this month's As The Beacon Turns column.

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