Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Aircraft debt. What do you think the debt would be if you parked all the current aircraft and then replaced every single one with pilotless aircraft? It would probably bankrupt the company. That and there isn't even remotely the infrastructure in place to remotely control any aircraft from an ATC perspective. I'm not saying it won't eventually be possible, but not during my career.
Can you elaborate on why you think an airline would go bankrupt by replacing aircraft?
I agree that there is work to be done in order to communicate with automated aircraft, (issues with ADS-B bandwidth and signal security come to mind). I think that we'll solve these type of infrastructure problems sooner than later.