Actually, I was talking about when flying by myself. Not in a commercial aircraft.
I had many deadhead solo flights in the Citation CJ3s we had with our charter service.
Knowing that there is someone sitting up there monitoring things on a flight is one thing. Sitting in the rear of the aircraft with nobody else onboard is another.
Sure – I trust the auto-pilot systems. And after thousands of flight hours have only had to “catch” a few that failed while coupled (engaged). I’m glad I was in the cockpit to do so.
Not sitting on the pot back in the lav.
Yep – The commercial guys usually always have it on. For that matter, so do us corporate guys. I too, trust it over manpower cruising. At altitude anyway.
The newer aircraft that are Category III certified with Auto-Land systems (wont get into details) can pretty much handle the flight from runway to runway. Including the take-offs and landings.
We have the same type phones here. Nice setup.
In the aircraft, a 20’ headset extension with a push-to-talk button would probably cover the communication issues. I just haven’t remembered to get one.
