Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
I... commercial operations means minimum CPL , so expensive pilots ...
If you find pilots for that at all. Right now (in Europe at least) the airlines are again hiring and even in my sector, business aviation, we start to see a shortage in pilots. Unless you pay these people very well you won't get any. A very well paid pilot carrying one to three passengers at at time will make the operation quite expensive. And what about the times when these vehicles need recharging? In theory, you would need two aircraft per pilot - one that is flown and one that is being charged. Makes the operation even more expensive. In my view these things need to be fully autonomous in order to make any sense, at least commercially.