Solo pilot Embraer jets

[chornedsnorkack]

There have always been solo pilot planes. Including, for some time, Cessna Citations.

How do the cockpits of solo pilot Citations compare with the Citations not allowed for solo pilots?

And how do cockpits of two pilot Citations compare with cockpits of two pilot commercial airliners?

Embraer now produces solo pilot Phenom 300. And it is somehow not limited to 5700 kg: it has MTOW of 7951 kg.

And Embraer feels qualified to produce solo pilot airliners:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/wor ... 25,00.html

Could Embraer next launch 24 ton MTOW Legacy 700 and ERJ145SP, with Phenom 300 cockpit?

Michael O´Leary, of Ryanair, wants to dump copilots and let stewardesses land aircraft in emergency. Do stewardesses now land Cessna Citations and Phenom 300s in emergency? If not, who do?

Ryanair wanted to buy 200 737-s - Boeing refused. Ryanair wanted to buy 300 320-s - Airbus does not want to sell either.

If Embraer were to build a solo pilot ERJ145, would O´Leary buy and fly 400?

[sn26567]

I have seen in two cases a slightly different situation. After take-off the co-pilot came in the passenger cabin and distributed the meals. There were no steward(esse)s on board. It happened to me on a scheduled Air France Falcon between Brussels and Lyon Bron (the Lyon airport before Satolas was opened) and on an chartered EAT Embraer Bandeirante between Brussels and Barcelona.

[Airbus330lover]

Imagine a bird strike on take off with 1 person in the cockpit !
Second point: you need X persons for the evacuation of the PAX ! If one of them needs to go to the cockpit.... it's one less in the cabin !
Evacauation problem !

[regi]

Imagine a bird strike on take off with 1 person in the cockpit !
Second point: you need X persons for the evacuation of the PAX ! If one of them needs to go to the cockpit.... it's one less in the cabin !
Evacauation problem !

You evacuate after landing. So you don't need somebody in the cockpit anymore.

This means in the MoL virtual reality world:

• the pilot gets a heart attack.
  The stewardess runs to the cockpit and lands the airplane.
  After touchdown, she runs to the back again and helps her other colleague to evacuate the airplane.
  She gets sued afterwards because she left a person in need to die ( the pilot ) . So she can be sacked without redundancy payout because of serious negligence.
  Passengers even more happy because the prices drop even further

[sn26567]

Job advertisement

A leading airline is advertising for pilots with strong bladders. It would appear that this unnamed carrier is thinking of seeking approval to operate with just a single pilot making what is commonly known as “a visit” somewhat complicated. The airline says that all captaincy applications must guarantee a personal “range” of a minimum two hours!

(Source: AERBT, with a strong sense of British humour)