Well stuckgear....I dont agree with you. Sounds like a head in the sand approach to me.
However, RHS T&C's have diminished considerably over the last few years and will continue to do so.
The same will occur to the LHS over time, though perhaps not to the same degree.
Either way, in comparision with those professions you quote.....pilots will be vastly behind them on the pay and conditions front and the differential will increase.
Oh and since the appropriate regulatory body is happy to allow drones to fly in UK airspace from 2013 it would appear that your premise is somewhat wrong ! Its happening and soon !
That's fine, you are welcome disagree.
we have been down the road of pilotless aircraft on this forum before, the threads are there and we can take that issue up in those threads.
drones may be acceptable to teh regulatory authority in UK airspace, but they are drones, and do not have hundreds of humans in them or tonnes of freight, they will not be flying in Class A airspace and will be restricted in the areas they are used and will be of a size that if they do go tango uniform in flight they wont be taking out part of west london, a housing estate or an office block.
you only have to look back to 2001 to see what a commercial airliner can do to an office block in the US, or just a bit further to see what an aircraft can do to a housing block here in Europe.
pilotless aircraft is a distraction and thread diversion from the subject matter of the thread, please feel free to discuss pilotless aircraft in the relative threads.