Hmm! I see several sets of knickers reaching red-line temps here
a) Written for the masses
b) Certainly the 737 can 'fly and land itself'
c) Standard teaching (where I come from anyway) is for single-pilot ops to 'let the a/c land itself'
d) Nowhere did it actually say you don't need any pilots
e) "The quote would imply that it is possible for the aircraft to be instructed to land with an empty cockpit." - I think you made that bit up?
f) Any 'masses' on here think that way?
Cold compresses, nurse!