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05-21-2011, 07:25 PM
lardman
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This discussion about UAVs and human pilots and enlisted UAV operators ,etc. had me thinking though... how comfortable would you be say, going on a flight on an airliner remotely piloted by someone who didn't go to flight school, but instead spent six months to a year training on a simulator compared to riding on a plane piloted by a "real pilot"?
I mean, on paper, there shouldn't be much of a difference when it comes to the actual piloting part (it's not as if the "real pilot" can do much with the aircraft in the air outside of interacting with the plane's instruments and controls). If anything, it might slightly be safer to fly on the remotely piloted plane, since the "pilot" wouldn't be subject to certain adverse conditions in the event of some catastrophic systems failure while in the air (numerous crashes have been due to things like the cockpit's air supply being compromised, for example) and the remote pilot will have technical support immediately on hand in whatever facility he's doing the remote flying in.
That's on paper though. My "gut feeling" is that I'd feel safer with a real, live pilot in the plane.
I agree with your gut and the answer is "not very comfortable at all". It's a little different to the case of the UAVs where there's no-one else on board as a passenger.
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