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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.
I beg to differ.
If your objection to the viability of commercial ops is
When most people think of pilot less aircraft they think there is a pilot on the ground flying it
why couldn't there be a pilot on the ground, 'flying' it?
Duffman. Driverless trains; HK as well. When you talk about risk; why do you think some companies won't accept visual approaches? Less risk if the pilot doesn't hand-fly. You can't see Next- Gen TAAATS linked to Next-Gen CPDLC linked to NG ADS-B etc? Really busy places have very little tactical ATC- it's sausage machine stuff. Computers are very good at sausage machine stuff. You don't think ATC procedures could be 'dumbed-down' enough to be computer driven within, say, a decade?
They keep changing the rules in Formula 1 so that the drivers still can have some input. 3 dimensions they all cry! Just a bigger program.