I am perfectly willing to be corrected, but I do believe that an experimental pilotless Douglas DC-4 flew the Atlantic, West to East in 1947.

A human stepped in to do the flare and roll-out, but apart fron that, the entire flight was automated.

If, 55 years later, that idea has not been taken further, well, I don't think we need concern ourselves too much.

Can you imagine an automatic aircraft coping with a night Corfu in the height of summer?

Reply from SLF. I hope I speak for a great many of my fellow passengers when I say there is not a cats chance in hell of me ever getting on a plane with no pilots (Two at the least).
Hopefully the bean counters will add into their profit calculations the complete loss of revenue from even thinking to run services with no pilot as any alternative, with pilots operation, will get all the business.
Oh and I work in IT.....:eek:

Chaps no need tp worry....I don't think the SLF will be too happy boarding an aircraft without a chap up front taking the same risks. The technology is probably there already but it just ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes!