Airlines pushing to have just one pilot in the cockpit of passenger jets instead of two
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Pilots—and fliers—are not convinced. “When things go awry, they go awry fairly quickly,” Tony Lucas, an Airbus SE A330 captain for Qantas and president of the Australian & International Pilots Association, said.
Pilots—and fliers—are not convinced. “When things go awry, they go awry fairly quickly,” Tony Lucas, an Airbus SE A330 captain for Qantas and president of the Australian & International Pilots Association, said.
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