what does everyone think about 2040-2060
That's only looking ahead 20 - 40 years
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FWIW my perspective on this is somewhat coloured by the fact 40 years ago some of the keener profs in the Computing Department at a certain University I attended were saying full blown AI was just around the corner...they were however smart enough to not say how far away that corner was..( yes, we did have computers "back in the day").
As for aviation: Some of the passenger aircraft rolling off the production line
today that still be in service in 20-40 years time..there is no sign of a
fully autonomous passenger aircraft getting anywhere near a production line in the next decade....and even when the AI is ironed out then as neville has mentioned there's all the regulatory and legal hurdles to negotiate.
The much bigger threat to the viability of the job for many is indeed the decline in T&Cs, it's all very well slipping the surly bonds of earth on a regular basis but it's quite nice to have time to watch your family grow up and you've still to pay the household bills......