Originally Posted by wheels up
The docklands light railway has exactly one variable: speed. The amount of variables involved in flying an airliner to destinations around the world is orders of magnitude higher - there is no sensible comparison.
Reading the Boeing service bulletins in the flight crew operating manual of the 777 I fly is enough to convince me that I wouldn't want to ever fly in a pilotless aircraft - I personally don't think it will ever happen, even though it is technically feasible.
And a driverless car, which is more complex in many orders of magnitude than a pilotless aircraft, is already possible. There are some prototypes from several brands (Mercedes and so on).
So, if it's possible to have a driverless car, why can't we have a pilotless airplane, which infinitely less complex?
Regards.