Originally Posted by
SilentLurker
I listened to FedEx CEO Fred Smith on Fox Business talk not only benefits of new tax law for FedEx, but also about pilot less cargo plane and future automation technology. He said they are heavily committed in seeing pilotless aircraft aft technology rolled out and succeed.
He believes it will happen much much sooner than many believe; most likely will happen within his life span.
Believe it, I'm hearing of a large autonomous cargo type that will fly across oceans in the mid twenties out of the way of airliner routes. It will probably be a turboprop.