Maybe you could ask the same question to our global militaries.
Why would they bother to send in unmanned drones to do the spying/fighting in war zones when in old times pilot driven fighters were sent in.
I suppose also the airlines are always looking at ways to save money & i saw a time when B747 Classics were phazed out where i worked & that meant that the Flight Engineers on the B747 classic were no longer needed. Some were let go by the company while others were upskilled into First officers positions on B747-400's
The other reason i bother is that i would prefer to fly in a pilotless aircraft to greatly reduce the "human error factor" yes pilots have been known to make mistakes & sometimes its very costly both in lives & financially.
Chock Chucker
