[libertylover]

Where did I read of late that some airlines were considering going with one pilot because of a shortage of pilots?

ScaryNews.com?

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In the Bloggers & Personal forum, on a thread titled Pilot Incapacitation – HiSKy Flight H4474 (DUB-KIV) to Chisinau, 20 Min after Liftoff Pilot Became “unable to act”, Plane Diverted to Manchester on May 11, 2023 – 10th Recent Pilot Incapacitation!, libertylover wrote:

Where did I read of late that some airlines were considering going with one pilot because of a shortage of pilots?

ScaryNews.com?

Airlines want you to get comfortable with flying without a co-pilot. Pilots—and fliers—are not convinced

BYAngus Whitley and Bloomberg

November 21, 2022 at 4:37 AM CST

 

https://fortune.com/2022/11/21/airlines-pushing-one-pilot-in-cockpit-passenger-jets-instead-of-two/

 

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Airlines Are Pushing to Legalize One-Pilot Cockpits

The Drive

https://www.thedrive.com/news/airlines-are-pushing-to-legalize-one-pilot-cockpits

  

Dec 11, 2022 — Amid pilot shortages and high operating costs, airlines are pushing the FAA to permit single-pilot cockpits, eliminating co-pilots.

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CBS News

 

U.S.

Airlines are lobbying for a change to federal regulations that could put one pilot in the cockpit

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-pilot-in-cockpit-staffing-shortage-faa-part-121/

 

Dec 8, 2022 — The airlines have been quietly lobbying that the single-pilot approach would quickly solve the staffing problem caused by the pilot shortage and ...

 

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Aircraft Interiors International

The proposed one-pilot cockpit is not worth the risk right now

https://www.aircraftinteriorsinternational.com/industry-opinion/the-proposed-one-pilot-cockpit-is-not-worth-the-risk-right-now.html

 

Mar 8, 2023 — Two pilots are better than one, says Aerviva. ... The one-pilot cockpit bid has been making waves across the industry recently, ...