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Boeing 7E7
What you have all missed is how pilotless planes will occur. They will simply be operated like drones are today. They will be pilotless, but not automated like a trains. The ‘pilot’ will simply fly the plane from a remote location in Nevada and all of the problems/issues of not having a human interface to deal with circumstances as they arrive will be solved.
Said aircraft are not landed from Nevada. They still need a local controller to take them from around 1500' to the deck at the local landing site. The system lag due to signal transmission times make UAS unlandable from a remote site.