Originally Posted by
Orange future
Im always interested to read this opinion, it pops up occasionally when discussing airline costs.
Do some simple maths. Multiply the average pilot wage by the number of pilots on the books and then project that out per annum for the life span of a pilotless aircraft.
Now name any airline that wouldn't rather see that money in the coffers instead of spent on labor that can be replaced even when controlled for the related infrastructure costs to support ground based control systems.
You could do the same by carving out 20% of middle management