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Old 1st Dec 2014, 20:58
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Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
As for passenger reluctance, dream on. If the pilotless airline is 10 dollars cheaper than the one with pilots, their airplanes will be full and the other one will fire the pilots or go bankrupt.......
If $10 was all it took to make us pick a different airline, most of them would have gone bust by now. If I'm already paying $1000+ for a ticket, I'm not going to switch to Pilotless Air just to save $10.

But you're right, cargo is likely to be where it happens first. Just like trucks are likely to be where driverless vehicles first appear on the highways, running between truckstops outside cities.
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