Commercial Pilots

dbWizard.24.7 (Highly likely) says

Increased drone activity by the DoD. Computer-operated fighter aircraft.

Increased positive factors:

- Reliability
- Less cockpit space
- Redesign of aircraft for more efficiency
- Does not get sick
- Does not have family problems

Goodbye, human pilots...

Erwin says

I think it is very possible that the robots are the drivers and it would be good, but that should not be a problem for human pilots since without a doubt a well-prepared pilot must go inside that cockpit capable of solving faults, we know that no technology is 100% secure as they are also configured by humans.

Many will think then there will no longer be positions for many pilots. Quite the contrary, within 20 years the demand for flights will double, therefore the supply of flights must grow, in more; airlines will have to think of incredible strata to hire more pilots and with better preparation.

I personally would not get on an autonomous flight, that is (with no one in the cabin) knowing that we live in a world where powers constantly seek to harm each other through hackers and all kinds of manipulations. At least I would like to think that the person who pilots the aircraft is also someone who wants to return home and therefore puts everything of himself to save himself in an emergency.

Alberto (Highly likely) says

Autonomous flights are very likely as techonology advances in this field.

Ivo Muiño (Likely) says

This job could be replaced by an AI in 15 or 20 years. When these kinds of intelligence will be safe and ready to be implemented in different sectors.

Bobby (Highly likely) says

Airlines are easier to automate than self-driving cars due to fewer variables. There has been automation in aeroplanes for a while. Drones and flight runs of Boeing planes in the 70s show that the potential of flight automation is possible.

Yash Vyas (Small chance) says

Even if AI takes over aviation in the next few decades, there will be high chances of system errors in which safety will be at stake and even hijacking could take place easily as all the hijacker needs to do is to hack into the robot. This will result is a huge decline for the aviation industry and then dissolve it completely.

Bee (Could go either way) says

I'm not too sure if humans would feel entirely comfortable with a completely automated flight without at least the supervision of a human pilot.

Char H. (Small chance) says

My Dad flies for American Airlines and he is irreplaceable, lol, but all jokes aside, If robots take over, what if they fail? The plane will go down and (depends on the size of the plane and amount of passengers) about 200 people are dead because they fell out of the sky due to a robot and people who thought it would work
lol

Shata (No chance) says

Pilot wages are the 2 highest as compared to other 500+jobs. The salary of pilot is for the risk hardworking reborious and sacrifice ful job .....
Driving a plane, ship, train, without drivers and operators will let to serious problems and we will suffer a huge loss....
TEACHING WITHOUT TEACHERS ARE SHAMEFULL..
DRIVING WITHOUT DRIVERS IS MEANINGLESS......
Robots are designed by AI companies are good...but when it replaces a valuable job it is often quiet miseryful ....
The one thing i am telling..
COMPARISON BETWEEN HUMANS AND ROBOTS.....HUMAN WILL
WIN.Only one difference
(Humans:can take own decisions. Robots :cannot take own decisions.)
So we should never think to replace train drivers .pilots. ship operators .
This i told is my opinion and research on that job..

Zoli (Small chance) says

It's a long way until people can trust a robot well enough to actually fly an airplane, and AI is really far from the point that it can actually evaluate between two or more situations and get a meaningful answer. That's why at least one human will always be on the flight.

hopeful future pilot (Small chance) says

It will take yyeeeeears until people are willing to go on a plane with no pilots at all.

Saketh Reddy (Small chance) says

Because there is no auto-driving technology in the vehicles, and airplanes are way more complicated to fly so, even if pilots are been replaced by robots it may take up to 3 decades to make that possible.

Gaurang Ghare (Highly likely) says

The US military already seems to possess unmanned aircrafts & so, if that’s possible, then in the near future, the possibility of the unmanned commercial aircrafts existing is as well feasible.

Evan (No chance) says

Would anyone buy a plane ticket if they knew no one on the plane knows how to fly the plane

Erling Haaland (No chance) says

Every plane will need a pilot to make sure the robots run correctly

Jesus says

People with fear to fly wont believe a plane in which the pilot is not even in the plane

Juan Pablo Pérez (No chance) says

Human decision in emergencies will never be replaced, so, pilots will not be replaced

Bob says

People don’t realize here that commercial pilot is not necessarily airline pilot. There is another poll for airline pilot and it’s at 18% chance....

Anonymous (No chance) says

No way a plane can: start, turnoff, do the right procedures in emergency and everything else.

Ali (Highly likely) says

Considering pilot wages are the second highest cost in airline business after fuel, replacing it with AI really offers opportunity.

Max (Small chance) says

The public has always been a little paranoid about planes and they will continue to be for the foreseeable future. People would need to fully confident that any scenario the plane faces could be solved by the robot. Therefore, automation with pilot supervision is likely in the next 20 or so years, but not 100% automation

Shush shush (No chance) says

Humans will not trust robots to fly a plane any time soon and malfunctions in them will cause the aviation authorities to refuse robots from working as commercial pilots.

Concerned (Highly likely) says

Autopilot and self driving tech will present an issue for pilots

ss (No chance) says

I think robots would be actually created for airplanes as there is already one that was tested some years ago however I don’t think anyone would trust a robot to fly an airplane with passengers.

James (No chance) says

The airline industry takes safety *very* seriously. Replacing AI with a human would not improve safety. For standard, day to day operations, AI would be fine however, for emergencies, humans excel over AI. If the power on the plane is out, a human can still operate, a robot cannot. All it takes is for both engines to fail for the power to go out.

EM (Likely) says

I do feel like it is very likely that Pilots in general will eventually be overrun by robots. People are already working on planes or smaller aircraft that drive the user to wherever they need to go without being operated by a person. It is likely and I agree that it is something you should be worried about eventually if you are a pilot.

talib says

its already taking the job it should be around 90%

Tyler (No chance) says

Wishful thinking, I'm in college and plan to become a commercial pilot, please don't make it all for nothing.

Corey Trevor (Small chance) says

Few passengers will be willing to fly on a pilot-less plane. Maybe some operations, like cargo, will be automated.

Zio (Small chance) says

It is very likely that there will be job loss because of automation in the aviation industry. From the past 50 or so years we have went to having 3 pilots to 2 in the cockpit. However, there will always be a need for one person there to handle special case scenarios and emergencies which can happen at any time and are unpredictable, which goes against everything AI stands for. So I think in the next 20 years or is we will see some job loss as companies will only need 1 person there.

Youssef (Small chance) says

From the recent 2 crashes that happened because of AI failure and people paranoid about this idea and people are still scared when humans are flying but air transport is the safest way of travel meaning that it would have HUGE impact if AI took over its possible that they could take over flying but not in two decades like by 2040 or 50

Thomas (Could go either way) says

Because they will need someone to look after the robot in case something goes wrong so they might as well just have a normal pilot

belal (No chance) says

I believe that even if the robot takes the job humans must oversee the operation