Airline pilots protest a study on allowing cargo planes to be operated by only one pilot with remote

By HUGO MARTIN AUG 04, 2018 | 6:00 AM

Unions representing nearly 50 commercial airlines have launched a protest against federal legislation to study the idea of putting cargo planes in the hands of only one pilot with the help of remote-control pilots on the ground.

But this dispute includes a big mystery: Officials of pilots unions don’t know who put the language in the Federal Aviation Administration funding bill to study the idea of one pilot per cargo plane or for what reason. The FAA bill sets aside $128.5 million to research the concept, along with other topics of research.

The pilots unions, representing more than 100,000 pilots, say they are opposed to the idea of eliminating a co-pilot from a commercial cargo plane because the task of flying a jet, communicating with air traffic controllers and monitoring weather changes requires two trained pilots.

The unions also say remote-control flying is vulnerable to glitches and computer hackers.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-remote-pilots-20180804-story.html

As someone who had worked in the industry for 25+ years........................this the most stupidest thing I have ever heard of.............sitting at some console on the ground while your buddy is in the air................does not save you money.........I will not get on a plane if there is only one pilot..........................and I want to know who got this language put in the FAA bill.......................and I am going to call my representative that "did Not" read this language, they just signed off on the POS paper...................