Australia's fighter pilot exodus and why the airlines keep winning
Australia's fighter pilots are leaving the RAAF for airline jobs, exposing a global military retention crisis no defense budget can solve.
Towerpilot shortage
Reliable Robotics and the autonomous Cessna Caravan flying cargo with an empty cockpit
Reliable Robotics is flying autonomous Cessna Caravans with empty cockpits, targeting the cargo pilot shortage crisis.
VectorSingle-pilot operations for commercial airliners and the cockpit that loses a seat
Single-pilot commercial flights are under active development, with cargo operations possible by the mid-2030s and passenger flights unlikely before the 2040s.
VectorMerlin Labs and the autonomous flight AI that wants to turn every airplane into a self-flying machine
Merlin Labs is building a retrofit autonomy system that has already flown King Air turboprops with zero human intervention.
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