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Old 10th Dec 2014, 03:10
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Dan Winterland
 
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The cost of certifying pilotless airliners will outweigh the cost savings of taking out the pilots. Especially bearing in mind you will have to have higher qualified operators on the ground and one person trained to take over in flight if required, so the numbers will not reduce significantly. And bear in mind low cost airlines won't make money out of training new pilots.

It's not going to happen in my lifetime.
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