I would also think there is a fair prospect of fully automatic airliners within the working lifetime of a 20 year old. Possibly even pilotless or perhaps "monitored" by a "pilot". Not much of a prospect.
L.L. that reminds me of a Flight Inter issue a year ago
with a article concerning A320 electric problems (loss of
CRTs and Ess bus transfer to bus 2 I think). On the very
next page it had a burst on pilotless-airliner research and
pic of an A321 with no cockpit!