Thread: Let the bloody computer fly it!

ryan air always come out with ridiculous suggestions for what they are going to do to save money, eg once said they would take the toilets out of all their planes so they can put more seats in.

Originally Posted by chris_mack

ryan air always come out with ridiculous suggestions for what they are going to do to save money, eg once said they would take the toilets out of all their planes so they can put more seats in.

People have to take their own buckets? How they empty them?

Originally Posted by Chucaro

People have to take their own buckets? How they empty them?

Open the door?

Automated flying!

Aircraft fault sheet allegedly reported by a Qantas pilot

" Auto landing system rough on this aircraft"

Reply by maintenance section

"Auto landing not fitted on this aircraft"

Qantas now have an automated GPS approach into Queenstown that involves several sharp turns and one complete (horizontal) loop, putting the aircraft at the threshold where the pilot takes over. The pilots reckon they prefer doing it in cloud because otherwise it scares the poop out them flying so close to the rocks with hands off!

The computer can fly the plane better than the pilots in most instances. It's when something goes wrong that you need two head in there. And then you really need them.

having watched a few episodes of air crash investigation i reckon you need at least two of them in there.

As mentioned above, all good and well having one until the **** hits the fan.

The way I read the article it basically says downgrade the second pilot into cabin crew, then get them up the front when required. I say this, because if you could train cabin crew to be pilots, then they would go and work as pilots somewhere else! I can't see any pilots taking up an offer like that.

It is clearly the ravings of someone chasing media coverage for free.

There are laws about the number of pilots aircraft types require for a reason. CEOs of companies should stick with what they do and leave the important stuff to the people trained to do it.

Exactly.