Would also require a complete rewrite of the regs (again) and a complete rebuild of all Australian airspace as UAV's would be busting CTA steps all the time.
That made me laugh. Only in Australia would somebody be concerned about re-writing the regs; I wonder where the view of Oz pilots being anally retentive comes from
As for CTAs etc, why would you need them? All the pilotless aircraft would be on pre-programmed courses and de-conflicted by an ADSB/GPS/TCAS-type system, so there would be no need for any type of controlled airspace.
I only type this as the Devil's advocate. I, too, don't believe we'll see pilotless aircraft, nor ATCless 'towers' in our lifetimes but, when I'm dust and they eventually come I'm sure the rest of the world will delight at how Australia still has rules and regs, just so we (the future generations) can tell everybody else they're wrong
