Coalition of pilot unions rejects single pilot operations for commercial aircraft

March 29th 2023

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The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the European Cockpit Association (ECA) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots (IFALPA) will jointly push back against the introduction of single pilot operations on commercial flights. Read More » The coalition of pilot groups described the plans of airlines and manufacturers to develop single pilot operations as a profit-driven scheme that posed a significant safety risk. “Despite developments in automation and improved technologies on the flight deck, two pilots at the controls remains the most important safety feature of an aircraft,” the associations collectively argued. “Technology, no matter how sophisticated, is not a replacement for pilots on the flight deck.”