Those poor engineers that didn’t have the oppourtunity to slap the fuck out of the remote operator sitting on the toilet after shitting himself realizing what the hell he just did.
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Soma in A Brave New World comes to mind.
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Read that as a teenager and remember the concept enough to know that it’s been used for inspiration a bunch.
I think its building and servicing where the jobs will be
just no crew to operate and the on board systems will be designed to do that just like aircraft, 2 engines planes went short distances now they could go forever ( well almost)
Think of aircraft if the ATC guys had control and no pilots, they only need spend a few minutes to guide a plane and check its where they sent it.
And when it isn’t they just call someone to look for a smoking crater.
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lol in the last 10 or so years the planes that crashed did so because of pilot error, if they weren’t there they wouldn’t have crashed.
I’ve had a couple of experiences where the opposite was true and pilots avoided potentially disastrous situations by calling out ATC. Humans make mistakes.
sure, but pilots kill more than ATC and mechanical faults combined
True, but know that general aviation pilots are responsible for more deaths than the commercial side. Even if commercial aircraft became autonomous, private pilots would continue to fly and continue to have accidents.
Yes the weekend warriors ppl’s generally only kill themselves and their family.
Commercial is very safe and a perfect place to be fully automated.
You would need more on the ground but not nearly 2 per plane per trip
Same like automating cars, technology needs to catch up with everything aware software first.
Lots of resources working on this issue at the moment.
But will the flying public accept a pilotless plane?
The pilot’s announcements can be “canned” (Some probably already are)
But if they don’t see a pilot true the cockpit window on boarding, some MAY be fearful?
Maybe this could be a solution?:
No effing way am I going to fly without somebody driving and looking out the window while we are doing a controlled crash on the tarmac. Same for ships. JMHO
If I am flying I want a guy up the sharp end just as keen as I am in getting my butt safely back on the ground.
Most mariners have very little business knowledge. “It’s cheaper until it isn’t”. Actuaries calculate nearly everything. Insurance companies adjust premiums accordingly. Risk analysis is a very huge industry.
Autonomous or remotely operated ships will regularly be used when the benefits outweigh the risks. “But what happens if the ship breaks down in the middle of the ocean”. Let’s get creative with our thinking…what happens when your car breaks down on the interstate and won’t move?
Say for every 500 crossing, 10 ships break down and are repaired, 2 must be towed, and 1 sinks. Is that cheaper than paying form a full crew on 500 crossings? (numbers pulled out of ass for illustrative sake)
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Yes! This is what I tell my co-workers when the topic of autonomous ships comes up. They don’t realize that insurance runs the world. Mariners onboard vessels (at least in the states) pose an unlimited liability risk thanks to the Jones Act.
A ship crashing, breaking down, spilling its entire cargo of oil all are calculable risks. Much more affordable to insure than Mariners onboard.
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Stop worrying. As I have said many times here, this is not going to be wide spread for many years, especially for large ocean going ships.
It is starting with small ships and ferries on short inshore and regular routes. Then spread to short sea ships in inter-European, or inter-Asian trade.
Before large ocean going ships can sail unmanned across the Atlantic, or Pacific, the present Maritime laws will have to change and be ratified worldwide.The likelihood that the US will do that is miniscule.
PS> The Insurance Companies are among those who would LIKE to see autonomous ships asap. (Widely thought to reduce risk, not increase it)
PPS> Most of those forum members that is not already retired, is likely to be so before you see any civilian US ship sailing crewless anywhere.
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these days you couldnt know if there is anyone there or not as door locked so I dont think it will be such a big change?
so what do you do if your flight has to do an ILS landing in fog?
it will just be a progression.
Light rail trains around the world at airports etc have do drivers
Lifts got buttons so you drive them yourself these days, no operator
Plenty of factories have robots as forklifts, no operator
I don’t think people realize most planes can be flown by computer from after takeoff through autoland (and sometimes brake application). Many foreign pilots around the world are not proficient at doing hand-flown visual approaches: SEE Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco.