Originally Posted by
fender
The future is here, Autonomous flight is here. It started with killer drones, then move to supply drops in isolated regions, then everyday use in parcel and pizza delivery by amazon and your local pizza bar into mainstream cargo flights and finally, commercial pilots will be a thing of the past.
Kids from Hungry Jacks will get drone licences and it is all over.
All major aeronautical companies are furiously working day and night on this "problem". Public needs a little convincing but that shouldn't be hard with a few more accidents associated with pilot error. Am I kidding? Sadly I think No.
Fender, do yourself a favour and read some of the literature concerning the accident rate of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles vs. Manned Aircraft in the USAF... unmanned commercial airline aircraft are a long, long way off!