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Reduced Crew Operations (RCO)

BeCA in the media|Safety News
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Cpt Rudy Pont, as BeCA Air Safety Committee chairman was part of the expert panel at the last ECA conference to discuss Reduced Crew Operations (RCO) together with representatives of Airbus, Dassault & European Society of Aerospace Medicine (ESAM).
Maybe we can, but should we? Does RCO make sense beyond its technical feasibility?
Cpt Rudy Pont raised the pilots’ concerns:
Read also the ECA position paper “The Human and the concepts of Extended Minimum Crew Operations (eMCO*) and Single Pilot Operations (SiPO**)“
*eMCO: Single pilot during Cruise phase & Two pilots during Take-off & Landing
** SiPO: One pilot controlling the aircraft during whole flight