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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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Key Takeaways:
- Michael Maya Charles's AVweb column, "As the Beacon Turns #89: Send In the Drones," explores the future of airline cockpits.
- The article questions the necessity of traditional human pilots, pondering scenarios with reduced crew.
- It considers radical possibilities for future flight control, from single pilots to ground-based operators or even advanced automation.
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