New York Times: Pilots Still Matter

The New York Times today published an op-ed of mine about cockpit automation and the role of pilots. Since the Germanwings disaster, the media has been chattering away about the supposedly imminent arrival of remotely controlled commercial jets. Meanwhile, the widely held notion that modern jetliners basically "fly themselves" is one of the stubbornest myths in all of aviation. Travelers have come to have a vastly exaggerated sense of the capabilities of present-day cockpit technology,… (www.nytimes.com) Mehr...