Have a close read:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post9116506 , especially read AirBubba's post very carefully. That's how airlines and airline managers think!
That's why there will
always be pilots, not because wouldn't be technically possible to design an aircraft, but because the big aircraft manufacturers and airlines rather have some low paid scapegoat signing the tech log.
Why can't you nitwits understand that? The key word is LIABILITY!
li·a·bil·i·ty
ˌlīəˈbilədē/
noun
noun:
liability
1.
the state of being responsible for something, especially by law.
"the partners accept unlimited
liability for any risks they undertake"
2.
a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage.
"he has become a political liability"
Just look at what happened to salaries and T&C over the last decade or so. The costs of the scapegoats is either staying the same, or they are becoming cheaper, whilst reliability and the technical advancement of aircraft has increased, so again:
why would an aircraft manufacturer or airline assume the liability of piloting an aircraft when you can have humans do it for you?
As for the second definition of liability, i.e. being a liable in case of an accident, that's where technology plays an important role.
The trick is to
1) increase the technology to such a point that accidents are becoming less and less frequent,
2) at the same time NEVER fully assume responsibility (liability) if technology can not prevent an accident, hence "PIC is ultimate 'authority'...blablabla.." and
3) keep on droning (
) on and on about "pilot shortages" and rosy projections about future aircraft sales so that a never ending stream of ill informed naive pilot wannabe's will continue to drive down the costs of the scapegoats, namely stagnant/decreasing salaries and T&C's.