Mr BOAC - you asked, and I answered.
No knicker twisting.
d) Nowhere did it actually say you don't need any pilots
im·ply
Pronunciation: \im-ˈplī\
Function: transitive verb
To involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement.
Perhaps English isn't your first tongue?
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?
Yes, I made it up. It's called "setting forth an argument".
