Yeah, remember the other week with the pilot had a “medical episode” and the co-pilot had to land the plane? That probably happens more often than we know. This would be a recipe for disaster.
Yes, I brought that up on another forum discussing this subject. The airliner pilot slumped over and died instantly in his seat 30 minutes after takeoff and the copilot had to take over. If there was no copilot, the plane would have crashed killing all aboard.
I am not opposed to it with an additional medical sign off and the autoland AutoPilots we are just now seeing in GA. The over 50 crowd in the white shirts on the jumbos should fight it. They already have 2 or three crews on any 8+ hour flight. But for a 30 year old to be flying 6 to less than 50 paid passengers with some sort of assistant on call the risk is about the same. The commuters just dont have the profit margin to support being the minor leagues with deep bench anymore.
Yeah, remember the other week with the pilot had a “medical episode” and the co-pilot had to land the plane? That probably happens more often than we know. This would be a recipe for disaster.
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...and that situation occurred shortly after takeoff, when seconds count in reaction during the climb-out.
This is the incident you are thinking of.....
American Airlines flight from Chicago to Columbus, OH with 76 people onboard. The pilot died shortly after takeoff at an altitude of 2,000 feet.
The co-pilot climbed, turned the plane around and landed
safely. If the pilot had been the only pilot aboard, the
plane would have crashed.