Australian pilots have hit out at a global push to chop down the variety of crew required within the cockpit of economic jets.
One business pilot instructed 9News that he wouldn't put his household on a airplane with only one aviator within the cockpit as a substitute of two.
Australian and Worldwide Pilots Affiliation vice-president Mark Hofmeyer stated "airways at present are designed to fly with two well-trained, well-rested pilots".
Greater than 40 nations together with Germany, Britain and New Zealand have requested the UN physique that units aviation requirements to assist make single-pilot flights a protected actuality, in keeping with The Age.
The plan is a part of a push to decrease prices and would ease the stress of crew shortages.
Hofmeyer, nevertheless, stated the Australian public would have considerations in regards to the transfer.
"I do know that I would not put my household on an plane that solely had one pilot," he instructed 9News.
"It clearly can be cheaper, however I suppose (we have to) ask what the steadiness is between saving cash and lowering security margins.
"On the finish of the day, I feel all of us need to get on aeroplanes which might be protected and while you go from two pilots to 1 pilot, you scale back security margins."
The likes of Boeing are amongst these lobbying world regulators to permit only a captain to run the cockpit with out a co-pilot.
"The psychological obstacles are most likely more durable than the technological obstacles," Boeing Southeast Asia President Alexander Feldman stated.
Hofmeyer questioned the security of such a transfer although.
"(At present) always there's at all times one particular person sitting in a management seat simply in case one thing occurs, so I am not fairly certain how with one pilot you possibly can handle that," he stated.
For now, Australian airways are pleased with the present co-pilot established order.