LlamaFarmer;
Ah, ok - yes, LoCo, and U-LoCo, understand. BA's numbers look similar to here, except the landing fees & enroute costs, a billion+ USD? And of course, those costs can't be automated and like fuel are at the behest of the provider.
Off-topic - thought of that too, but removed the comment as it's orthogonal to the cheaper-than-pilots thesis.
Interesting tho', ...perhaps I'm not reading closely enough, but in the industry literature, (AW&ST, AI, BCA, etc., magazines, not the academic work), I'm not reading or seeing even little filler blurbs regarding for example, just the exploration of autonomous commercial flight; the subject's just not 'present'.
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