I was waiting for someone to post something from Missy Cummings. She's a USNA grad and former F/A-18 pilot who's been working pilotless aircraft for a while; she's really pushing for a pilotless future. Unfortunately, this crap is much closer to reality than most on this thread realize.

I read some of her stuff indicating that the first implementation of this concept will be in freighters, so UPS and FedEx pilots will be the first to lose their jobs due to this.

This technology's already being deployed in drone aircraft. We've got guys sitting in the Nevada desert controlling drones in the Middle East so many of the logistical challenges have already been overcome.
The fly in the ointment is high number of drone accidents. Crashes mount as military flies more drones in U.S. | The Washington Post