Huck
I'm a pilot, not an engineer.
I don't argue that it will happen because I want it to, I argue that it will happen because those bloody engineer keep making planes that need less and less pilot involvement.
Many argue on here about who is responsible for the relentless fall in pilot terms and conditions, and the simple answer is that engineers are.
Every time they make the job just that little bit easier and safer, a few more people fall into the demographic of people who can do the pilot job within the legally required safety margins.
People on here who argue that pilotless aircraft will not happen because nobody will insure them/certify them have missed the point. As these systems improve, it may be that insurers will only insure pilotless planes.
parabellum
Full size or tiny toy, the technology is the same, but easier to fit to a large airframe.
MG23
I don't think you understand how software patches work.
You upload to all the aircraft in the fleet.
Job done.
You do not then have to test in each aircraft.
To have the same effect in a human pilot requires individual training and vast expense.