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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)

submitted 10 months ago by yesdogishere@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] loanrangerofpeanuts@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Pilots aren’t paid to manually fly the aircraft from A to B. They’re paid to handle emergencies and abnormal situations. The kind of situations that automated systems are extremely poor at handling.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

TIL, thanks for the info!

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

Yep.

If you want to see why we need highly trained, highly skilled pilots, with strong work ethic and principles, just go watch The Flight Channel.

When systems fail (and they do all the time), these are the folks ensuring you make it to the ground at an appropriate speed (or not).

"You never want to run out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas". We're a long way from tech itself generating ideas on the fly.