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A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage. (news.yahoo.com)
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A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage.::The flight system allows a plane to be remote operated by a pilot on the ground, which could streamline pilot airline operations in the future.

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[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 101 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How about we just make being a commercial pilot worth people's while instead of replacing them with robots?

Why can't the parasites in the executive board room ever just pay their employees more? "nO bOdY wAnTs tO wOrK aNyMoRe!" No, nobody wants to work in an abusive workspace for shitty pay just to get fired once the time for a raise comes around.

[–] silas@programming.dev 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One solution to this would be having humans in the board room instead of parasites. Not sure who’s idea that was

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

Unsurprisingly, it was the parasites' idea.

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

board room filled with parasites

"Ssssss, the humanssss are coming for our jobssssss!"

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Actually, this seems like a really good path towards that.

Some people like spending 40 something weeks out of the year on the road. Others will enjoy "having a home" and remotely landing a hundred planes a day from the comfort of an office building

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago

Finally my ~40 years worth of playing MS Flight Simulator will pay off.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

Why an office building? I can already run Microsoft Flight Simulator at home!