Even if you could get a UAV or automated aeroplane in certified commercial ops I would suggest that the insurance on the thing may prohibitive. The cost and consequences of losing control of one or having it hacked whilst landing into a big city somewhere would be the end of the program and the insurance company.
Also if you consider the number of accidents where the human saved the day and the computer would have crashed makes the whole idea of pilotless aircraft pointless. A computer would never have recovered QF32, United 232, UsAir 1549.
Last edited by neville_nobody; 17th Sep 2012 at 23:23.