With A Focus On Sleep, Europe Advances Toward Single-Pilot Operations

Thierry Dubois June 07, 2022
Falcon 10X long-range business jet
The Falcon 10X’s single-pilot operations concept, explained here by Dassault Falcon Operations Manager David Sebaoun, may prefigure what some commercial OEMs are studying.
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Airbus has long been a proponent of reducing the size of the flight crew in commercial aircraft. The company introduced the first two-pilot widebody aircraft, the A310, in the 1980s and has since studied single-pilot operations concepts. But another European aircraft manufacturer, Dassault Aviation...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews. 

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