Originally Posted by
megan
Just picking a year at random 2019 there were 12 crashes with the loss of 261 lives, 157 of those were the Ethiopian MAX. I very much doubt pax would accept no crew, I certainly won't, particularly with QF 32 in mind.
WIth more reliable autonomous aircraft when it has already proved it's reliability for cargo operations it will be accepted, especially with significant price difference. Indonesian max on an earlier flight was landed safely by acting differently. But this time MCAS completely confused the pilot. So two humans in front reacted differently to the situation at different time. So it will be a matter of what makes you more uncomfortable the machine or the man.