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Old 30th Oct 2014, 20:08
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Welcome to the Wannabees Forum!

I'm glad that you got your question answered and, to add my voice, it will be many years before fare paying passengers will get into an aircraft that doesn't have a person controlling its progress in flight.

Yes a UAV such as a Raptor can be flown and landed remotely but when the secondary back up system fails on a passenger aircraft it still requires informed decisions to be made - it will take a long time to achieve the necessary change of mind-set. I think you will have time for a career in aviation if you choose.

However, the number of vacancies and the number of pilots is a completely different discussion.

Good luck either way!

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