11 Bravo
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pace51 wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

pace51 wrote:

My biggest question is, how would emergency systems work? There would probably needto be human personel on the UAV to notify all passengers about the safety equipment in the event of an emergency.
you dont need flight attendants.  that safety shit is BS.  you can have a video like they already do to explain where everything is.  all you need is one pilot and one "cabin monitor" or something like that.
Yes,like I said, you'dneed human staff on board. Even if only one or two.
right i agree
pace51
Boom?
+194|5458|Markham, Ontario
Oh yeah? Well...Well so do I! So there!

*handshake*
nlsme1
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11 Bravo wrote:

pace51 wrote:

My biggest question is, how would emergency systems work? There would probably needto be human personel on the UAV to notify all passengers about the safety equipment in the event of an emergency.
you dont need flight attendants.  that safety shit is BS.  you can have a video like they already do to explain where everything is.  all you need is one pilot and one "cabin monitor" or something like that.
So, having a computer system in place to do a pilots job will make the costs "tumble", yet you would still need a pilot on board? So it will only negate the need for flight attendants. Because that is who makes all the money.
11 Bravo
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nlsme1 wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

pace51 wrote:

My biggest question is, how would emergency systems work? There would probably needto be human personel on the UAV to notify all passengers about the safety equipment in the event of an emergency.
you dont need flight attendants.  that safety shit is BS.  you can have a video like they already do to explain where everything is.  all you need is one pilot and one "cabin monitor" or something like that.
So, having a computer system in place to do a pilots job will make the costs "tumble", yet you would still need a pilot on board? So it will only negate the need for flight attendants. Because that is who makes all the money.
i said ONE pilot, not two.  why do you think airplane makers made it so two people could fly, not three like back in the old days, eh?
nlsme1
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Fair point. Does it not cost more to fly now than then? Did the cost of tickets "tumble" when the 3rd person was removed?
11 Bravo
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nlsme1 wrote:

Fair point. Does it not cost more to fly now than then? Did the cost of tickets "tumble" when the 3rd person was removed?
i doubt ticket prices tumbled but the shareholders were happier.  that being said, in the current economic climate, this should be something to look at.

Last edited by 11 Bravo (2010-06-15 11:44:43)

nlsme1
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Okay, so what would be differant now that would make the prices "tumble" as you claimed. And again, the cost of "pilots" is relatively small. Too small to effect share prices.
TheDonkey
Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt
+163|6002|Vancouver, BC, Canada
Do you guys all honestly think the cost of flying will drop at all if they automate piloting...?

a) The planes that are automated will PROBABLY be the ones that will be advertised as gimmick (a la Boeing Dreamliner) making them even more expensive.

and

b) The airlines are already getting poor and gouging money everywhere, even if they do save money by getting rid of pilots, they will probably just absorb the profit, then raise ticket prices even more because of some other new bullshit expense.
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5643|London, England

TheDonkey wrote:

Do you guys all honestly think the cost of flying will drop at all if they automate piloting...?

a) The planes that are automated will PROBABLY be the ones that will be advertised as gimmick (a la Boeing Dreamliner) making them even more expensive.

and

b) The airlines are already getting poor and gouging money everywhere, even if they do save money by getting rid of pilots, they will probably just absorb the profit, then raise ticket prices even more because of some other new bullshit expense.
"As of 1992, in fact—though the picture would have improved since then—the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation by all of this country's airline companies was zero. Absolutely zero."

— Warren Buffett, billionaire investor, interview 1999.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Sh1fty-
plundering yee booty
+510|5759|Ventura, California
Well you still need the women on board for the drinks and stuff. More or less depending on the size of the plane, and it would work out great if one of them knew how to operate the aircraft in case of an emergency.

So basically all you have left is the stewardesses who serve you, and one of them knows how to fly.

[EDIT]

I just have to laugh at us debating this decision from the FAA, since we're just amateurs and the FAA isn't going to take any big risks, so obviously they've thought it out 10x more than we have.

Last edited by -Sh1fty- (2010-06-15 13:10:03)

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11 Bravo
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+965|5522|Cleveland, Ohio

JohnG@lt wrote:

— Warren Buffett, billionaire investor, interview 1999.
yet he owns netjets...go figure.
lowing
Banned
+1,662|6936|USA

TheDonkey wrote:

Do you guys all honestly think the cost of flying will drop at all if they automate piloting...?

a) The planes that are automated will PROBABLY be the ones that will be advertised as gimmick (a la Boeing Dreamliner) making them even more expensive.

and

b) The airlines are already getting poor and gouging money everywhere, even if they do save money by getting rid of pilots, they will probably just absorb the profit, then raise ticket prices even more because of some other new bullshit expense.
The airlines are not gauging anything. Even with the added fees the airlines are still losing money. IF you do not want to fly from point A to point B and think you are being gouged, don't buy a ticket.
pace51
Boom?
+194|5458|Markham, Ontario
One of the biggest blows the airlines suffered was that Icelandic volcano.
13urnzz
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+5,830|6782

icwatudidthar
lowing
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+1,662|6936|USA

pace51 wrote:

One of the biggest blows the airlines suffered was that Icelandic volcano.
oh yeah when MT. Mfeokherpgksdgjsdfnvgnvgdjkbmbshbgaskaghyeurgytmbnd blew up.

actaully thr biggest blow the airline industry suffered was deregulation.

Last edited by lowing (2010-06-17 15:24:59)

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