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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. (news.yahoo.com)

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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.

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[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 13 points 10 months ago

Actually, this seems like a really good path towards that.

Some people like spending 40 something weeks out of the year on the road. Others will enjoy "having a home" and remotely landing a hundred planes a day from the comfort of an office building

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

Finally my ~40 years worth of playing MS Flight Simulator will pay off.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

Why an office building? I can already run Microsoft Flight Simulator at home!

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