Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says the next frontier in aviation safety is protecting passengers "from the pilots," urging regulators to accelerate cockpit automation and real‑time supervision systems.
What Happened: In a post on X, the Social Capital founder wrote that after decades spent shielding travelers from mechanical failures and hijackers, "the only risk that is left is pilot error or sabotage. We need more supervision/automation that protects the plane and passengers from the pilots. It's a narrow failure mode that is unrecoverable but totally avoidable."
