Wheels up made a good point a while back:
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
We are still seeing reports of what could be quite potentially quite serious CPDLC and/or FMC glitches being reported, due to "ghosts in the machine", that could have interesting consequences if there isn't a carbon based life form on board with the ability to intervene. We are a long way from seeing commercial pax aircraft being let lose on their own. It will happen, I'm sure, but not for several decades.
the general public will be running towards aircraft which can be controlled or overridden by ground based controllers !
Um.....no problem there then
