Recently in Toulouse a TRE mentioned that one of the main areas they are focused on in Airbus is single pilot ops for all of their newer products. They said they aim for single pilot ops instead of no pilots because the public are not ready for it yet!
I assume they are referring to a generational issue where older people do not trust technology. The same TRE was saying that single pilot ops may work until the older generation now days are gone and we are only left with people staring at mobile phones before they try go fully autonomous.
I also have a kid who was thinking of going flying, I just took them with me for a week in the jumpseat to see what the life is like. I'm guessing the reality of the job doesn't match the romantic portrayal of flying jobs in the movies!