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.::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.

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    the median salary for airline captains, first-officers, second-officers, and flight engineers in the United States is $203,010 as of 2021.

    That’s not enough to support yourself in many places. People’s rent isn’t getting any lower. And being an airline pilot is an extremely stressful job. Being a flight attendant is also extremely stressful. Look up some Karen stories on reddit and youtube and even if you want to say that 80% of those stories are made up, which many of them are true, I know narcissists that are worse than that, that’s still a huge number of entitled people demanding first class for free and then lying about being assaulted when the person in first class declines their offer to trade seats.