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>80% of current airline accidents are principally attributed to Human Error
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The military already actively use only 1 pilot in all their aircraft (even in high risk operations) with optimum success
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With the raising fuel costs, it is becoming critical that the airlines industry reduce their operating costs before it gets cast onto the consumer.
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There is little potential cost saving reduction to be made from the current aircraft design
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New adaptive technology is being developed to 'replace' or 'displace' the co-pilot so as to remove the tasks he/she currently performs