Originally Posted by satpak77

There will never be pilot-less airliners. This industry is not about data links, sat-com, redundancies, technology, military proving trials, or anything like that.

We forget that this business is about making money and filling planes. Yes, we know, that most likely, from a technology standpoint, an unmanned 747 can be flown via remote control. But that does not pay the light bill over at corporate HQ.

Take a wild guess if the planes will be fuller, or less full, when the pax figure out no pilots up front.

Period, the end.