Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 2:30 pm  

Successful first test of a remote-controlled passenger plane - (albeit they did for the purposes of the test have a pilot on board who did the take off and landing) Now I'm a big fan of technology, but would I take a remotely controlled flight to somewhere? Hmmm. I'm thnking not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395

Successful first test of a remote-controlled passenger plane - (albeit they did for the purposes of the test have a pilot on board who did the take off and landing) Now I'm a big fan of technology, but would I take a remotely controlled flight to somewhere? Hmmm. I'm thnking not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 2:49 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Successful first test of a remote-controlled passenger plane - (albeit they did for the purposes of the test have a pilot on board who did the take off and landing) Now I'm a big fan of technology, but would I take a remotely controlled flight to somewhere? Hmmm. I'm thnking not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395 Luddite.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Successful first test of a remote-controlled passenger plane - (albeit they did for the purposes of the test have a pilot on board who did the take off and landing) Now I'm a big fan of technology, but would I take a remotely controlled flight to somewhere? Hmmm. I'm thnking not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395 Luddite.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 3:10 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Luddite.

Not a bit, I'm all in favour of them building it, I just can't see me getting on. And I think they have enough potential for smashing themselves up anyway without Luddite input

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 3:10 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Successful first test of a remote-controlled passenger plane - (albeit they did for the purposes of the test have a pilot on board who did the take off and landing) Now I'm a big fan of technology, but would I take a remotely controlled flight to somewhere? Hmmm. I'm thnking not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395 I've been on a plane where the pilot told us that the landing was going to be completely automatic, and that was some years ago. It was a flawless landing, you could hardly feeel the touchdown. However, I don't understand the need for remote control piloting, as it still requires a pilot even if (s)he's not on the plane.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: Successful first test of a remote-controlled passenger plane - (albeit they did for the purposes of the test have a pilot on board who did the take off and landing) Now I'm a big fan of technology, but would I take a remotely controlled flight to somewhere? Hmmm. I'm thnking not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395 I've been on a plane where the pilot told us that the landing was going to be completely automatic, and that was some years ago. It was a flawless landing, you could hardly feeel the touchdown. However, I don't understand the need for remote control piloting, as it still requires a pilot even if (s)he's not on the plane.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 3:11 pm  

Probably not, there's a reason that they have a pilot and another reason why they have another pilot - to go from that situation to no pilots seems a bit of a chance - I bet Ryanair are one of the first to go for it though.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 3:20 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

Probably not, there's a reason that they have a pilot and another reason why they have another pilot - to go from that situation to no pilots seems a bit of a chance - I bet Ryanair are one of the first to go for it though.

Watch out for the "Pilot fee", a non-optional extra.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 4:16 pm  

Not a chance on this planet I would get on a plane without a pilot. I am a bowl of jelly when I go on one WITH two pilots.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 4:56 pm  

rover49 wrote:

Not a chance on this planet I would get on a plane without a pilot. I am a bowl of jelly when I go on one WITH two pilots.

I arent the best in the world with flying either.
I have never been remotely sober in all the years I've flown and I will not be changing that policy in the near future.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 5:44 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

I arent the best in the world with flying either.
I have never been remotely sober in all the years I've flown and I will not be changing that policy in the near future.

My first ever experience $hit me up for life, it was RAF and we heard a loud screaming noise from an engine and 'Biggles' up front calmly announced a 'bird strike', I left a pile of something on the seat that probably resembled the bird that hit the engine.

Re: Would you board a plane without a pilot? : Mon May 13, 2013 5:44 pm  

It feels like more of a leap of faith than a driverless car. I'm looking forward to my first ride in one of those.