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.
That will be easier to be done at cargo carriers than passenger airlines. It will probably happen sometime in the future for passenger airlines but it's still got a long way to go.
I haven't looked at the recent hull loss frequency of military drones but they used to have a horrendous track record. Until hull losses can be reduced to near zero, there is no economic benefit to change to pilotless aircraft.