Airbus Says Pilots Won’t Be Crowded Out of Cockpit by Technology
Pilots sit in the cockpit of an Airbus SAS A320 aircraft during a media preview.
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Pilots shouldn’t be replaced by fully automated systems even after the deliberate crash of an Airbus Group NV A320 last month -- because on balance they make flying safer, according to the chief of Airbus’s commercial airliner unit.
While it would be technically possible in the long term to fully automate airliner movements, that step shouldn’t be taken, and technology and training should be improved, Fabrice Bregier, the division’s chief executive officer, told journalists at a briefing in Paris today.