Autopilot takes over, will this be the end of PILOTS?!

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On the 18th of December an Airbus A350 did the first ever fully automatic takeoff in Toulouse. With the Airbus ATTOL program, the aircraft will soon be able to both taxi, takeoff and land automatically. Will this be the beginning of the end of the pilot occupation? In this video we will look a little bit closer at the different projects that Airbus has in store and what they will mean for the Pilot occupation.
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[@psychocuda]

While such things are great, the major problem is dependency. When pilots rely so much on autopilot, when the autopilot fails, they can be rusty. Even good training and simulators can't substitute muscle memory of doing something over and over again. There's a reason pilots tend to take off and land manually; not because the planes can't do it for them, but they want to get stick and rudder time to stay sharp and proficient.

[@moon-coder]

They should use simulators to keep their skills current while the autopilot lands the real plane :-)

[@coolhari2000]

Valid point about dependency, however Just take off and landing doesn't give a pilot proficiency in other areas of flying.

[@waikintang8246]

Auto pilot is not so AUTO !

[@nikobelic4251]

Wai Kin Tang yup

[@jmak40gang]

but imagine the possibilities of a very skilled pilot behind the impressive airbus systems who knows them inside and out, much like the miracle on the hudson.

[@Jetrider_Austria]

Airbus: This technology will make pilots unnecessary. Ryanair: Where can we sign the order?

[@mohitmasand]

Will the ATTOL be configured to slam the aircraft down?

[@johnlaw3808]

Ryanair needs a customized landing program

[@fathinasri7798]

Pilot still necessary because pilots need to monitor the autopilot. The autopilot is programmed by pilot so pilots need to monitor in case they do something wrong when they program it. Autopilot can decreased our workload but we need to monitor if there any error.

[@BobJoy_my_collection_of_stuff]

flying and surgery have a lot in common. the boss is exceptionally trained for when things go wrong.

[@Nyruami]

@@fathinasri7798 technically not true. The autopilot can be programmed via satelite link as it is done perfectly well with drones every day. It would be technically possible to remove pilots and ATC completely by simply having a computer system take over both parts, actually it would be way easier that way than to only remove pilots

[@6StringPassion.]

Cockpit alarm: "whoop whoop terrain...pull up" .... Airbus: "I'm sorry Dave, I can''t let you do that"

[@KendoSwordsman]

🤣

[@zoltanboros8963]

I wouldn't be calm if pilots would fly manually for the first time in emergency. It's essential to get routine during normal conditions.

[@millomweb]

It's like that already !

[@nikobelic4251]

@@millomweb no it’s not...

[@mdaniels6311]

They can just undergo consistent training. Problem solved.

[@slendii366]

@@millomweb no...

[@timothykiarie2166]

I would be most interested to hear how AATL talked to ATC if at all

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

Back in the late 60's through the 80's when my dad was working for Boeing as a systems engineer, he said planes would eventually fly themselves. But...he was working heavily in AI for Boeing and developing autopilot functions back then. He saw the writing on the wall. In his last couple of years at Boeing, his research focus was in a field called descriptive psychology--basically looking at how the mind responds to various inputs and anticipating human response to these inputs. He understood that pilots in the future would be inundated with technical/computerized/automated systems and realized there might be big problems when these systems failed and the pilot was left on their own to perform tasks that they routinely no longer perform (or even think about).

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

@Anand Menon, thank you. Dad never talked about his work with his children. As a man of high integrity and a sense of fairness, the cutthroat nature of the Boeing Corporation eventually sucked the soul out of him, and he usually came home from work exhausted and mentally spent. Alan Mullaly and he had many discussions. My dad actually thought very highly of Mullaly's intelligence, but they parted ways when it came to the ideals of "climbing the corporate ladder." Dad was given honors as one of Boeing's "Top Ten Engineers" but given his paycheck... one would never know it. When he retired, he told them where to stuff the gold watch. It's very sad, actually. I think he really wanted to love Boeing. He loved planes, physics, mathematics, piloting aircraft, and was always trying to find ways to make it all work together. Cheers, and have a good day. :)

[@kazz98]

Trust me, in the future it will be much safer to have an AI in the cockpit than a human pilot

[@nikobelic4251]

@@kazz98 we could also just have both… But ay Money

[@kasturisarma7749]

@@kazz98 7

[@1Mr.Legend1]

no autopilot does not have a thinking and decision-making role. autopilot executes the commands given by the pilot. alone is useless.

[@GabesHacks]

I invoke Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no"

[@JackFellOver]

@mPky1 non't

[@GabesHacks]

@@ronidude You miss the point 🙂 If the answer is "yes", then they would be written as statements (or announcements) if they were headlines: "Hitler has lost WW2!", "Amazon has grown into massive company!" The only reason to use a question as a headline is because it isn't actually true, but it still grabs attention. It's click bait.

[@djinn666]

Headline: "Why does this headline end in a question mark?" Betteridge: "No"

[@Markle2k]

@Roni dude So are his fake headlines.

[@GabesHacks]

@@ronidude Just to be clear, when you say "his point", who are you talking about?

[@41istair]

ATC: I did NOT give you take-off clearance. HAL: ...

[@sdefiel3719]

Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. ... oh and get your hand off my joystick!

[@generaldvw]

Hahahhah

[@DorianTMChannel]

@Rata 4U its a joke

[@Lucien86]

ATC will be there first. Flying cars need a level of ATC quite beyond anything we have today and it will all have to be automated.

[@rhynosouris710]

Open the cockpit door HAL

[@andrehenry4825]

Airbus: Develops groundbreaking technology Boeing: .....MCAS

[@nicolasgarcia248]

Groundbraking technologies. Because the airplane is going to make a Big hole in the groung when it fails...and it Will fail

[@rko2403]

@@nicolasgarcia248 This technology is built by Airbus. It will work out.;-)

[@nicolasgarcia248]

@@rko2403 17 fatal accidents with the 320...i'm not si Shure.

[@nicolasgarcia248]

@Derp 101 of course...it's a srupid move from Airbus to get into this now....they should destroy Boing first

[@THYB737]

Stupid comment

[@denninosyos]

As a pilot said in an air-clips video. The evolution of these systems won't eliminate the pilot, just change the work being done by them.

[@quenchize]

I have drivepilot on my car, its great follows the road keeps the correct speed, really good. Except when its foggy, or in heavy rain when you cant see the lines anymore, and except when there is a light coating of snow. These systems are amazing but currently they only work in near perfect conditions. Trains for example can be fully automated but they only actually are on very few lines usually underground where the environment is tightly controlled.

[@naffnafff]

Trains can't be automated. Subway/metro lines can. That's a huge difference. Freight trains in Europe are heavily dependent on their engineers.

[@Tchumfak]

I live in Toulouse, I saw this A350 fly right over my house before turning towards the center of the city, it was flying pretty low, I'd say around 6000 ft and I was like "Wow, why is Airbus' own A350 flying so low and right over the city, this is unusual..." I wasn't aware the plane was actually following a traffic pattern... On its own !

[@leeowen4989]

The biggest advantage of automation is also its biggest flaw, it is very good at doing exactly what it is told to do. But when things change, an automated system can't think creatively to deal with a problem. You wouldn't see both pilots deal with conflicting information in the same way as the autopilot does, by basiclly turning off and going to sleep.

[@1Mr.Legend1]

no autopilot does not have a thinking and decision-making role. autopilot executes the commands given by the pilot. alone is useless.

[@Selkirk5934]

Cabin announcement "Good morning everyone, this flight is completely controlled by computers. Please sit back, relax and enjoy your flight -Nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong ..."

[@bobbycv64]

LOL

[@MrWest-ph5yg]

😂😂😂 And it's gonna happen

[@mozzinator]

Creepy

[@JohanMsWorld]

"Good morning, this is HAL flying today, youd be sure to know that I am incapable of making any error of any sort while flying this aircraft to youre destination." :) Johan.

[@sleeptyper]

"All systems are sponsored by Microsoft. Be assured that your secu secu security is our priority."

[@RTD1947]

Remember the Flight Engineer?

[@uknowwho3790]

1972: An L-1011 flew automatically, takeoff roll through landing, Palmdale, CA to Dulles.

[@CaptainSazzman]

the L-1011 was ahead of its time

[@uknowwho3790]

@@CaptainSazzman Definitely.

[@sheereenaali8448]

Which Made it Unsuccessful.

[@turricanedtc3764]

@@sheereenaali8448 - Not exactly... In fact, the whole story around the competition between the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 is pretty fascinating in hindsight. Quite a few analyses of what went "wrong" with the L-1011 (particularly from a US perspective) laid the problem largely at the doors of the decision to exclusively use the Rolls-Royce RB211 - and there's no doubt that it did cause issues. However, it's also evident (again, with hindsight) that MD focused so hard on designing in early operational advantages and beating the L-1011 to market that they ended up cutting corners on design and process, which ended up compromising the safety of the design and eventually led to tragic results. I think it's worth taking into account that Lockheed had already learned the risks of introducing new technology the hard way as a result of the problems suffered in the early days of the L-188 Electra - so while they were way ahead of the technological curve in many ways with the L-1011, they weren't going to allow it into service until everything had been exhaustively tested - and only then would they focus on operational competitiveness. This (plus the issues with Rolls-Royce) allowed MD to stomp all over Lockheed in sales terms, crippling the L-1011's chances for success early on - however MD's chickens came home to roost in short order when the consequences of the cargo door failure and the limitations of their hydraulic systems redundancy design came to light. The irony is that the DC-10 ended up becoming more infamous than the Electra - but it was too late to rescue the L-1011.

[@noxumbra173]

You don't need a pilot to fly the airplane. You need a pilot for when thing go wrong.

[@miks564]

Hypercube Jones Things can always go wrong in any case. For instance, on the AF447, the computers returned the flying to humans due to inconsistency data, there were three pilots, two in the cockpit, and they brought the thing down. On Germanwings 9525, the pilot in the cockpit locked the captain out and committed suicide (murdering 149 others) by bringing the aircraft into a mountain.

[@yourhandlehere1]

Gotta have someone to blame...

[@XouZ88]

@Hypercube Jones That's why there are two pilots, a plane wont instantly crash just because a pilot have a heart attack, it will continue flying almost as normal even without autopilot, planes are designed that way. The other pilot will take control.

[@mohit_lehry]

@Hypercube Jones That is why pilots take medical tests

[@miks564]

@Hypercube Jones You're right. What I believe the plan would be, is to have the second man on the ground. Which of course is not the same. It's just a cutting costs idea. But then again, the aircraft technology is evolving. Aircraft in the past used to have at least two pilots and an engineer. But since many years now the computers got to do the checking and the engineer become redundant. In not so distant future, something similar is expected. The pilots will be able to delegate more stuff to the computers ...and the companies will be happy to take one out. ...which of course ruins the human redundancy on the cockpit despite another pilot supposedly still available remotely. But for long flights, maybe this is easier to consider. On long flights, the crew is always consisted of at least 3 pilots. One is resting while the others are flying and then they rotate. This can be reduced. One is flying with the computers, the other is resting and then they rotate. If something's wrong, there's still a redundant pilot available ...and of course the computers have to be able to call the other pilot. Let's see what the future brings.

[@seanpeter3751]

I could just imagine one pilot and a virtual assistant "hey siri lower landing gear"

[@strangelf]

“Ok, lowering pitch”

[@ignacioada7138]

Watching this video while there’s a pilot strike 🪧 happening across the US…. How eerily timely.

[@lpflima]

A simple and clear English, that is the secret for your success. You don't speak only for us and uk people. Congratulations.

[@rankavik2651]

Airliners flying in formation TCAS: Are you eFking insane!!!

[@prestongarvey2961]

Underrated XD

[@miks564]

There’s a saying... In the future, planes will only have a captain and a dog in the front. The captain is there to provide assurance to the passengers. The dog to make sure the captain doesn’t touch anything.

[@Sirikazy]

@@marionette5968 not in this case. 30 years ago the engenier was retired in the cabin. In less than 10 will be the FO. Pilot will be next. That will happen .

[@tonytrilex2555]

In the event of a malfunction we still need a pilot

[@Techlifeandmore]

Congrats on 1,000,000 subscribers. You deserved it!

[@alfietuerto]

I love how Peter explain Everything.

[@vayalobo]

The very last step of this progression will be to make passengers redundant 😂Thanks for sharing MP.

[@kevinmoore4887]

Helpful Automatic Launch Enjoy flying with HAL9000. 8-)

[@MrWest-ph5yg]

Thank you for the information!

[@grumpybastard5744]

I used to work in road transport regulation. At about the time this video went up we started a project to get the law in South Australia ready for driverless cars. It turns out that this is an immense task, involving about half a dozen Acts of Parliament, reaching out beyond just road law. It is not going to be simpler in commercial aviation.

[@andy7001uk]

The Red Arrows fly in a V formation to save fuel. Aesthetics is a by-product.

[@justinbussell7637]

DISCO Project - Pilot: "Cortana - What is current fuel status?" "Digital Assistant ""Dumping all fuel"

[@largesoda1729]

@Trust Jesus Also Alexa: Setting transponder to 7 5 0 0

[@dheyes803]

Justin Bussell I was a first use tester for Alexa. It didn’t take long to figure out that we are not ready to step out of our skin and turn our brains over to machines. The same applies for Siri and Cortana and every other digital assistant.

[@Markle2k]

I believe that fuel dumping systems automatically shut off when the maximum landing weight is reached.

[@inisipisTV]

"What are you doing... Dave?"

[@PauloGaetathe_original]

Pilot: Cortana, I think we are going to crush against the ground. Cortana: Let it be captain, I will see you in your next incarnation.

[@paulmurphy42]

Keep 'em coming Mentour

[@JS-ob2xt]

I too am am very interested in the formation flying part. Would like to hear more of it in the future

[@BulgarianAviation767]

Even so, these trends are becoming increasingly concerning, especially if you are just starting your pilot training. It is both sad and and worrying that automation is steadily taking over this job. I had never imagined that I would one day doubt whether my dream job has a future...until now - the Garmin autoland and this Airbus project being some of the main reasons.

[@AdityasEPFC]

Me too, man

[@mdaniels6311]

Why is it concerning? Its much safer. Or you care more about your own money and career than lives and safety?

[@abdel-anwar7944]

I got scared when I read the title I got scared I was thinking my career has ended. Me in my head: AIRBUS Y DO U EXIST!!

[@matthewlilly7668]

Thank you for your awesome videos!!

[@airfoxtrot2006]

Great video Mentour I enjoyed watching it

[@RJ-yn2dj]

Take off and landing is the best bit and also risky!! Surely this should NOT be relied upon automated system

[@Sehyo]

Uhh.. Why not?

[@a.c.e2027]

True that

[@tomstravels520]

Planes have had auto landing for years now and not known of any crashes that happens because of it. Pilots are always ready to takeover at a seconds notice

[@CaptainChrom]

This makes no sense. Computers make less errors than humans. If it's risky than that's even more reason to automate it. Only problem is that pilots will be just sitting in the cockpit doing nothing and I think that's bad. Pilots should have a lot more time flying. Sitting around in the cockpit may be counted as flight hours but those aren't real flight hours. If pilots would fly more manually and have more experience they will be able to handle emergency situations a lot better.

[@misterharryman]

@John Texas maybe you are against automation because you have a bias against it. Computers are very reliable in such applications

[@DavidRelich]

A single-pilot flight deck scares the hell out of me ever since that twathead sent that Airbus straight into the mountain side. I do hope they'll figure out the safety part before it goes live...

[@afcgeo882]

David Relich Yes, but an automated system might have prevented that. Surely having two pilots did not.

[@TheOrioNation]

@@afcgeo882 If the pilot can't override the automated system then what use is their presence in the cockpit?

[@resortsman]

I think the idea is to have the airplane always connected to a control center like a drone. And there will be pilots and engineers sitting and remotely monitoring all the flights so it should be in fact more safe than just two pilots isolated from the world doing everything as now. But it depends on the fact that the connection should not be possible to disconnect from the control center.

[@DavidRelich]

@@afcgeo882 The problem was that the other pilot stepped out the cockpit, which is when bad things started to unfold. Since that incident there is a new regulation (not sure if general or the airlines have a choice) that if one of the pilots leaves the flight deck a member of the crew needs to step in and wait until the pilot returns.

[@cmulder002]

@@TheOrioNation like with mcas you mean?

[@TIRCQ]

Absolutely makes sense... with so many workload, traffic all around, weather issues, etc. in fact is great that Airbus is considering those ideas to make the flying environment even safer for everybody.

[@pixnutz2811]

Great video! Love your content

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you! Glad you liked it my friend!

[@NFSprostreet98]

I can already imagine a future episode of air crash investigation, where a plane auto lands on a highway, thinking that it's the correct airport in spite of pilots struggling to take control back.

[@yildendelta6761]

I got that same mental picture. 😆

[@Jay-hr3rh]

I'm always looking to hire more house painters.

[@ghstark]

Forget it, there will be a Roomba for that.

[@lgonzalez1154]

Lol! Nice!

[@johnz8210]

Like in The Irishman?

[@miranda.cooper]

Big house huh?

[@ozar78]

Hi Mentour. One aircraft, two aircraft :) Great videos by the way!

[@rogerbrown5558]

A bit like technology being introduced in to the motor industry isn't it, lane assist, parking assist, tailgating convoys to reduce drag (trucks). Forever changing for economy and safety. Thanks for the aviation version.

[@thebear6863]

My gut level reactions to this video: 1. I would never ride on a plane that didn't have a human pilot and co-pilot. 2. If automation ever takes complete control of a flight, even with human pilot/co-pilot on the flight deck, I fear that stick and rudder skills would erode over time to the point that if human intervention were ever required, pilots might not have the practical skills to answer the call. 3. If it comes to the point of a human pilot and automated co-pilot, this brings human factors to the fore. There's a reason why captain and FO can't have the same entree for their meals. So what if the captain gets good poisoning? There's no Plan B without a human FO (and that brings it back to my first point). Just add 10 bucks to the cost of each leg of my flight if it means having a heartbeat in each seat. Automation to relieve the workload of the pilots is fine. These are complicated systems. Maybe just ensure that 20% of flight hours are mandated to be flown manually.

[@myownboss1]

Very well said ‘Bear’! In my comment, I said that maybe such tech as this and Garmin’s auto land system can be used more in non-commercial flights, but that there should always be onboard human input... stuff like this might be more useful in shorter regional flights as well. I still say that in the end, there will be some sort of change regardless of whether people ‘refuse to fly a pilotless plane’.... in the end, airlines are businesses and it’s all about riding the fine line of safety and profitability; airlines wouldn’t have to worry about pilot strikes...

[@thebear6863]

@Johnfuse Or I could, you know, drive myself.

[@GNX157]

What he said and also I don’t support the flying of commercial planes in close formation to save fuel.

[@geoffreyorsini3467]

That whole thing about pilots eating different meals is not true, airline pilots eat the same meals as first class.... big myth

[@nicolasgarcia248]

Point 2....nail it

[@benderrodriquez]

Just you wait and see, soon they'll be replacing the passengers with robots 😏

[@LeantoPeak]

Very honest and level-headed analysis. Really enjoyed it, cheers!

[@LeantoPeak]

PS: One issue I see is that airline pilots are already showing a lack of stick-and-rudder skills. If automatic landings become commonplace, will we trust a pilot to take the controls when something goes south? Time will tell...

[@divinepromiseministries2055]

Thanks for the info. Automation is good but trust me. The pilots will not be replaced soon.

[@melissajohnson2935]

Airbus: let's make a pilot-less planes that can fly themselves from takeoff to landing! Death: am I a joke to you?

[@kollegahsterin]

LESS manual takeoffs and landings means MORE time for Mentour to produce videos! I like it!

[@Aeronaut1975]

I love your vids and have been watching since the earld days. May I politely suggest running your audio through a "de-esser" to remove the sibilance. It'll just smooth things out a little :)

[@elizabethannferrario423]

Great video petter , thank you .

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@obergssin]

It’s amazing how everyone is rah rah for robots and future tech until it comes to their job ..

[@estudiordl]

Right?

[@djinn666]

I write software and I'd love for robots to come and take my job. At that point, we don't need humans to work anymore. Everyone can go on a permanent vacation. We'll just need to change how wealth is divided in society and implement something like a basic income.

[@tysleight]

People have been screaming that robots are going to take our jobs since I was a young kid currently I'm getting a little grey in my beard and I have yet to see mass jobs being taken over. The. Only thing I noticed is my kids are racing around the house on hoverboards instead of skateboards.

[@djinn666]

@Rata 4U I'm assuming you're talking about one of those outsourcing companies. No, they don't really compete for my job. The client gets what they pay for and they still need to hire someone to make sure the work is done correctly.

[@FatGuyInaTruck]

I'm a truck driver and I have zero fear that a robot is gonna come take my job.

[@FlickinTheBudgie]

That wallpaper though

[@cliverogers8673]

As an engineer, programmer and therapist, I believe that there is one facility that computers cannot and never will have is that of intuition: therefore a pilot will always be needed. Furthermore, a single pilot can be overcome by a serious health event that cannot be predicted, therefore two pilots will always be needed. Automation will always play an important role, but never fully take over.

[@johnknapp952]

On a clear, dry runway is not when you need this system. It's when you have blowing snow or rain at night when you can barely see the runway that a system like this would be of use. But would it work if it can't see the runway either?

[@iskrenninov4298]

I am a little bit afraid, because I will be starting to train for a pilot in 7 years

[@robertsmith20022]

Damn, to see a pilot nervous....that makes me nervous

[@burntoutaussie4005]

Gee whiz. . .it's good that you never flew with me for the last few hundred flights then. . . :-)

[@robertsmith20022]

@Rata 4U naw, they're good bro....no way in hell these guys are losing out to an automaton

[@robertsmith20022]

@@burntoutaussie4005 wait.....what 😮😮😮🥶🥶🥶🤔🤔🤔

[@tedjones5203]

I asked my father the same thing to my father when he first starting flying the Lockheed 1011 TriStar in the 70’s

[@dannnnn496]

Getting my CPL with ATPL subjects this year and into 2021. Hopefully this is the perfect time.

[@burntoutaussie4005]

It was heart warming to see a 20 year old lad qualifying as an A-320 first officer in EASYJET - INSIDE THE COCKPIT. . .But these poor kids have to SELF FINANCE £120K TO PAY FOR THE COURSE Rich Parents required ! ! ! Also good to see more young women on the flight decks too.

[@djlondon7956]

I'm not really sure about this "future lack of pilots" which you mention several times. Pilots can be trained up. I think Airbus research is much more about having just one pilot on board to save airlines money. What do you think?

[@cmulder002]

It is a artificial "shortage" Airlines used to train there own pilots and have there own training schools like klm. Now they insist to extort large sums of money out of "students" so they need to go into debt (and be at the "mercy" of bank extortion) That way they can keep them hostage on low pay.or else they will go bankrupt and loose everything.

[@misterharryman]

Automation is good. AI with enough training will unavoidably be better at piloting aircrafts.

[@cmulder002]

@@misterharryman i will only be as good as the programmers. any UNFORESEEN problem it does not have a listed solution for it will still fail. Pilots are creative problem solvers , computer blindly follow code.

[@u-know-this]

@@cmulder002 but do pilots fly the planes? Dont they follow a list and procedure for each emergency? I'm sure those procedures will already be programmed

[@cmulder002]

@@u-know-this Yes flying a airplane savely is following a set of procedures. Also yes there are handbooks on the plane that list procedures for known situations. so this would cover most of the potentional prpblems. There is a still a chance of a previous unknown / unexpected issue and for those cases a human is better to make the choices of what to do. pilots are recomended to manually fly regulary to stay proficient.

[@eddieraffs5909]

OH OH! Mentor referred to the "side-stick" at the beginning of the video as "a joy-stick".

[@nonstopet981]

Eddie Raffs FLOG HIM!!!

[@barryfowler954]

Like me he's an older pilot, it's been called a 'joy-stick" by the aviation industry the world over for over 100 years. Yes, even control columns mounted off to one side were called joy sticks.

[@estudiordl]

I knew it! I always knew it!!!!

[@TheRip72]

Possibly because 'side-stick' is an Airbus term & Petter has been trained on Boeings. We all know knew what he meant.

[@inisipisTV]

He's a Boing pilot so I guess force of habit.

[@roykliffen9674]

As far as I know the Fokker F-100 already had the option for gate-to-gate automation, including landing with zero sight

[@4-7th_CAV]

Mentour Pilot: I seem to remember somewhere around 15-20 years ago the L-1011 (and another aircraft that escapes my memory) was tested where after push-back from the gate the on-board computer was programed with the airport diagram, the taxi clearance, the takeoff runway, the SID, the routing, the STAR, the landing approach, and landing runway, the destination airport diagram and the arrival gate. The pilot on the L-1011 then activated the flight sequence on the computer after the push-back and away they went.

[@eleventy-seven]

As a passenger flying into Los Angeles on a 1011 I auto landed in heavy fog. I asked the flight attendent how they could do this and she told me the plane could land itself. This was about 40 years ago.

[@algotbachmeier9181]

I hope I am able to become a pilot before all of this new modern technology becomes reality. I want to fly a real aircraft with levers and buttons, not AI, robots and screens. I want to fly the aircraft!

[@PennsylvaniaEAS]

The pilot is always in control Airbus has levers and buttons The automation reduces pilot workload and stress, helping them focus on more important things

[@algotbachmeier9181]

@@PennsylvaniaEAS Well, I hope it is and stays this way.

[@837biker]

Is it the lack of pilots that Project Disco aims to address or the reduction of operational costs with one of the most significant being pilots salaries?

[@nicolasgarcia248]

Pilot Will be fired...tech man Will be hire.

[@3dstudiomike]

I've been a subscriber for a long time and love your channel. It's for that reason that I want to let you know about a grammar error I spotted. In your app, there is a button for nervous flyers, with the text "Come in here and share your fears, we will support and help explain it to you." This needs reworking. I don't know what "it" is. Also, either this should be two separate sentences, or you can combine them with the word 'and' and lose the comma. Hope this helps. As always, I hope you're having a fantastic day!

[@nastygollum]

Love the study, miss the puppy.

[@tbyte007]

Airbus is saying "we will replace you ... Soon ... But don't worry just yet"

[@waikintang8246]

Want a software to replace the board of directors and management of Air bus.

[@ChandradyutPalsocial]

mentour: it's using visual technology. the marking lines will have to be very very clear. Tesla: yeah "Big Deal"!

[@tradjazzer]

thank you for a very interesting video. I have not flown in an airliner since 2009 when I took my son to New Orleans ( from London ) as I am retired and cash is short, have a good weekend,

[@europaeuropa3673]

Interesting.............I like the formation flying.

[@DorianTMChannel]

All the armchair pilots going crazy about how he called the sidestick a joystick....

[@craterglass]

Bettridge's law would suggest that this is not the end of pilots.

[@beagle7622]

I have sat in cockpits 25 years ago. They turned the autopilot on at 500 ft at and turned it off at 500 feet . Flying in Sydney the 2 pilots were very busy. The point is letting the autopilot fly the plane makes it much safer

[@kathy13volpe]

WOW; but I still want to see a licensed pilot on board monitoring! Great info- thanks!

[@NomenNescio99]

I don't like the new office backdrop, I want to see the dogs!

[@tibor29]

Then go watch a dog channel?

[@turbofanlover]

@@tibor29 Exactly.

[@sirius4k]

This channel is NOT about dogs.

[@santiagokiwi3187]

*6 Airbus A320s flying in V formation* TCAS: CLIMB CLI...DECEND DE...WAIT....wtf is going on.

[@VGF80]

"TCAS system test failed"

[@tIhIngan]

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY! The couch is INOP! :D

[@waikintang8246]

Aussie tower robot can only read "May Die, May Die..."

[@fernarias]

Not just take offs but also imagine the control tower sending heading and altitude information directly to the autopilot.

[@benorex8980]

I would rather trust a person in the cockpit than a computer flying the plane alone

[@flyingturtle4313]

The day their isn't a human in the flightdeck is the day I start travelling by boat and rail. If I were to go by how many times my PC or smartphone had an issue, I don't think I could trust a computer to fully fly a plane without human intervention.

[@yourhandlehere1]

You know...because the automatic systems on the MAX work so well.....

[@matejfele9971]

This is a different plane and company.

[@yourhandlehere1]

@@matejfele9971 So?

[@Jack3md]

Boeing has made mistakes, Airbus has made mistakes. People make mistakes. They’re human. Intentionally. Accidentally. You learn from your mistakes and move on.

[@cmulder002]

@@Jack3md Americans have a different mentality; For them a human life is just a financial number while for Europeans/ Airbus its irreplaceable. This also explains there health "care" system where profit is more important then the well being of people,

[@yourhandlehere1]

@@Jack3md Hard to "move on" when you're part of a smoking heap of crushed, burnt, twisted metal. Oh....maybe you mean the builders...yeah, give the families of the deceased a few bucks and experiment again with other people's lives...there's always more idiots that'll climb on...haha..they'll even bring their babies.

[@knockitofff]

There's no doubt that in the future the plane will do it all, with 1 pilot just along for the ride to monitor

[@lgonzalez1154]

We can only hope!

[@FatGuyInaTruck]

You'll still need pilots in the cockpit. Much like autonomous vehicles will still need a driver keeping watch.

[@miks564]

Michael Tovar In a not so distant future, we will find city streets with cross roads without traffic lights, where cars would get a slot to cross from traffic computers. Humans would not be allowed to manually drive cars there.

[@anthonyvallillo422]

@Rata 4U 30% unemployment is optimistic. More like 80-90% when things like accounting, most of the law, and much of medicine, engineering and middle and upper management get AI-ed out. And forget retraining these poor people - if a truck driver could have been a software engineer, he or she would have been. Likewise a pilot. 80-90 percent structural unemployment in 100 years or so is quite possible. Consumer driven apitalism won't work in that kind of world.

[@estudiordl]

By law is needed, someday it will not.

[@turbofanlover]

Yeah, but you don't...I mean WON'T...need two of them, IMO.

[@inisipisTV]

Not in the near future so far, with all government regulations and potential court liabilities. I'm not worried of people losing those jobs though, with every new technological change there are dozens of new jobs that sprung up for every one that is lost. I mean a KZbinr isn't even a thing a few years ago. Hell, even some so called instinct jobs like black-smithing, fletchers or electric vacuum tube manufacturing are still here.

[@mythosmint80085]

Well now I'm doing absolutely fantastic

[@africola5270]

mythos mint lol

[@smile768]

Yes, well have some backup remote pilot like drones do.

[@illiiilli24601]

I love the subtitles for this video

[@pilotstas8574]

I prefere when you were sitting in your living room but is still good because it's still Mentour Pilot!

[@MentourPilot]

Well, this is where is do my Bonus videos when I feel that something needs to be explained. I hope you liked it

[@pilotstas8574]

@@MentourPilot of coures that I like it!

[@CaptainChrom]

Yeah I like the living room better too. But the important thing is the content not the location anyways.

[@user-un4pr7kb4o]

This worries me. Basically there's less and less skills required to fly a plane, would the pilots be skilled enough in case of a emergency? There was an accident happened on landing phase before mainly caused by the captain being unskilled to land at the airport, because he was used to rely on automatic system on landing all the time.

[@LeantoPeak]

Exactly. Airliner pilots already show a lack of stick-and-rudder skills as it is. If they will routinely not touch the controls, will we trust them to take the controls when they need to? Interesting topic.

[@celsostarec6735]

AF447 ...

[@u-know-this]

That's why they will be replaced

[@mdaniels6311]

Why does it worry you? This is an irrational response. Thanks to automation aviation is extremely safe. Pilots can just undergo consistent training for emergencies. In fsct, giving the ai control means the pilot is more rested for situations. This is like arguing soldiers are useless because they rarely actually fight. They train all the time.

[@jarikinnunen1718]

I predict that if automation come, it come first short route props because its crew costs are relatively higher than long route jet planes are. Traffic intensity are also more

[@ricardotg7139]

I also suggest you MRTT automatic refuelling

[@sergiuc7684]

2:26 "Pilots are extremely good at decision making" *cough* AtlasAir *cough*

[@cmulder002]

cough germanwings cough .. (computers generally aren't suicidal)

[@nicolasgarcia248]

@@cmulder002 scuse me, but Even Windows 10 crash ocationally...computers are not suicidal, but they fail all the time

[@cmulder002]

@@nicolasgarcia248 true but put a windows machine besides a mac and a linux machine and the chance of all of those failing at the same time is minimal. That is why the separate systems on a airplane are not identical in design only identical in function. 3 Design teams introducing the same software/ hardware flaw in there system is very unlikely. Current aircraft need all 3 computers working for a fully automated (hands off) landing but can fly save with one computer not working or manually (or remote controlled if unmanned) when 2 computers fail.3 failing computers would indicate a external problem like a fire and then there is not much advantage of the pilots in the cockpit over remote control.

[@nicolasgarcia248]

@@cmulder002 still, there is a problem...lets imaginé that an aircraft sucks two ducks, both engines failure, rigth after takeoff...will the system land on the Hudson like that captain did?

[@cmulder002]

@@nicolasgarcia248 depends if we are discussing a unmanned cargo plane or a passenger plane. the cargo plane would be a write off and aim for the ocean away from any population. The passenger plane would likely been able to divert to Teterboro airport Going trough the checklist is just a fraction of a second for a computer. Also the computer would know exactly how much kinetic energy the plane has and what gliding range that gives so base it decision on that. Ditching in the Hudson could well be a option if the calculation show that that has the highest survival change for the people on board.

[@prudym2400]

Gonna be a struggle between airlines and pilots union on single pilot decks

[@daffidavit]

Nah, once the FAA approves single pilot airline operations and Congress makes it unlawful to prevent it, the unions will have no authority to rebut.

[@cmulder002]

Not really ; for cargo planes they just eliminate pilots altogether and have those fly totally unmanned.

[@PatrickHotelEchoRomeo]

@@cmulder002 Is it less dangerous when a cargo plane goes down?

[@daffidavit]

@@PatrickHotelEchoRomeo All good questions. I wish I could be around 25 years from now, but that's not likely either.

[@kevinmoore4887]

Insurance companies will keep at least one pilot in the cockpit. A cargo plane hitting a shopping mall would be horrific. The 737 MAX fiasco and other issues might keep 2 pilots in 737s for a long time. Don't forget radio systems go down, like what happened at SFO. Pilots too use to automation landed short of the runway.

[@jaybray4901]

I do not like flying or airplanes in general but for some reason i really enjoy these videos.

[@TheRip72]

London Underground's Victoria Line has been automatic for over 50 years & some other lines have followed. Technology has moved on but they still need drivers to monitor systems & ensure they are working properly. They are also fully capable of taking control if they see anything wrong. Pilots will still be needed for this & be fully able to take over if they spot anything is wrong. Computers are good at measuring distances accurately instead of judging them so are better at calculating turbulent distances in order to keep a safe minimum distance & also avoid close proximity incidents in restricted spaces such as the one in the video at 3.17.

[@miks564]

One of the most common trend in aviation accidents happens when automations become unavailable and pilots have to fly manually (usually in adverse weather / visibility conditions). I am all for automation as long as pilots still understand flying besides how to proper understand and operate the onboard computers.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

Examples? Normally accidents happen due to system failures and subsequent wrong handling of the situation. It's not fair to compare a machine flying a healthy aircraft against a man flying a broken one

[@jamesedmister9922]

Trying to push 'thumb up' multiple times like the mexican uncle in Breaking Bad!!!

[@mdaniels6311]

Can you cite evidence for this "trend"? You do realise pilots constantly train right? 2019 was te safest year for flying, ever.

[@miks564]

@@mdaniels6311 I do believe pilots in 'western world' companies constantly train. But I also know how important savings are for many of those companies, and how operational profit sometimes takes priority over operational costs - see Boeing's recent history. We all know there are always several reasons leading to an accident. But most accidents still happen during bad weather when flying computer assistance is either not available, not used or not able to operate under said conditions. In the end, most accidents end up happening due to human error. Sometimes the human error is on the ground, but still most, are from the crew due to incorrect perception, bad decision, bad communication - I don't know which order is most relevant.

[@mdaniels6311]

@@miks564 create one single airline company owned by the state. Problem solved. But ideology will never allow such a logical thing to happen.

[@DavstrWrexham]

In someways, this sounds similar to Tesla's autopilot system in their cars. I wonder if there was any Tesla input in this.

[@cmulder002]

flying in controlled airspace is much simpler then a road surrounded by random acting humans.

[@jamesedmister9922]

Until it's not easier! Then you need an EXPERIENCED pulot!

[@RandomScientist]

cars dont do pitch and roll and dont crash to ground when engines flame out. There are lot of military drones which can land and take off on its own. But considering the human factor in passenger planes, and the on time and number of flights and maintenance and checks to be performed, then you would say instead the pilots can keep their job instead of doing that and prepping while the plane is on ground between each and every flight.

[@rdicko86]

Do you have a vid about comforting nervous flyers? that wouldbe fascinating !

[@ashishkumar3169]

I remembered the ballooning autopilot from movie AirPlane! (1980) after this. 😀