In a working paper [PDF] filed with the aviation standards body, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) requested on behalf of member states that the "necessary enablers" be created "for a safe and globally harmonized introduction of commercial air transport (CAT) operations of large aeroplanes with optimised crew/single-pilot operations while ensuring an equivalent or higher level of safety compared to that achieved in current operations."Chris Kempis, director of flight operations at Cathay Pacific, described it as "the unavoidable challenge" at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Safety Conference last month, but said it is "many, many times more complex" than going from three crew to two.- Sleep inertia: Ensure resilience of the aircraft and of the operational environment for the time required for the resting pilot to recover sufficiently from the effects of sleep inertia that they can either take command of the aircraft and continue to a safe landing in case of incapacitation of the pilot-flying or be able to assist the pilot-flying with a complex failure scenario.- China's first domestic single-aisle jet, the C919, scores 300 orders - SpaceX's in-flight Wi-Fi, Starlink Aviation, takes to the skies - Delta Air Lines throws $60m at flying taxi startup Joby Aviation - Airline 'in talks' with Kyndryl after failed network card grounds flights And there is reason for concern.Just to look at Boeing, not even two pilots could overcome the 737 MAX airliner's flawed MCAS software, which played a part in the deaths of 346 over two doomed flights in 2018 and 2019."