[Captain Walker]

Personally, I feel that he could drop over dead at any moment, and it is not appropriate for him to be pilot in command of a jet airliner. But he says with all the computer assistance that they have these days that the plane can easily be landed by just one pilot.

I'm with you on this one.

The backup procedures can work at altitude, when time is not as critical.

If a pilot has a medical emergency on final approach with a dozen planes lined up on a nearby taxiway awaiting departure, the results could be cataclysmic; the other pilot will not have enough time to react.

[fireman15]

The backup procedures can work at altitude, when time is not as critical.

I am actually a pilot myself and live on an airpark with our airplanes and hang gliders. Many of those living on the airpark with us are either current or former airline pilots, and many are very concerned about the current situation. So many of the critical life and death decisions that a pilot makes take seconds not minutes. Although the vast majority of fatal outcomes result from a chain of events, it does not take much imagination to know that a death in the cockpit could easily lead to a catastrophic event.

My brother does not want to give up his lucrative profession right now, but it is obvious that his decision is not contributing to greater safety in the air.