ferris
Remote controlled aircraft like the Predator have been around for years. What we are talking about here is a completely autonomous aircraft. No pilot on the ground or in the air to intervene. This is the technology used on the Global Hawk. They have already lost a few because of malfunctions in this technology as well. When most people think of pilot less aircraft they think there is a pilot on the ground flying it. If they realized there wasn’t and that they were on their own, I think their perception of pilot less aircraft would very quickly change.