ALPA President Calls Airbus Plan to Reduce Pilots on the Flight Deck a “Gamble with Safety”
Source: ALPA In a speech before the International Aviation Club of Washington, Capt. Jason Ambrosi, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), highlighted the safety risks of operating commercial airliners without at least two pilots on the flight deck, as Airbus is currently pursuing. In addition to underscoring the dangers of removing pilots from the flight deck, Ambrosi also unveiled an ALPA white paper that highlights the well-established fact that pilots cannot be replaced through advances in technology and outlines the benefits of having at least two pilots on the flight deck. “Some manufacturers and foreign airlines are actually working to design flight decks that replace the very safety feature that averted these [recent] disasters. They plan to replace pilots with automation. [...]