I am an Army of One (merged)

[Kaptin M]

Well, if you are correct, Carruthers there'll be no need for:

i) Crew schedulers;
ii) Met and and briefing ground staff;
iii) Far less LAME's;
iv) Check-in staff (ticketing and seat allocation will be fully automated);
v) Loaders - automated loading will be one of the FIRST innovations to be implemented;
vi) An HRD department!! Hooray!!;
vii) Tug drivers - as mentioned earlier;
viii) Cabin crew - I buy my Coke and hamburgers from machines now, and can read emergency instructions from a card or watch a video! ;
ix) Sky Marshalls;
x) sim instructors or checkers!! ;
xi) and far fewer beanos, because of far less staff;

I'm getting writer's cramp!!
But I somehow think that pilots will be quite a ways down the (partial) list above.

In fact you're RIGHT though, Cruthers - flying's such an EASY job that ANY mug can do it!
That's why there are soooo many experts here on PPRuNe - isn't it!?!