Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The hurdles are far higher and wider than just bandwidth... said bandwidth would have to achieve inconceivable levels of security, redundancy, and reliability. UAS and spacecraft operations are relevantly informative if not an apples-to-apples comparison. Neither have safety statistics anywhere near pax airlines; spacecraft operate in mostly a highly controlled and predictable environment where the only wild-card is usually the spacecraft's own systems.
Totally agree. The negative impacts to the industry if an airliner's link were hacked would negate any and all cost savings achieved. Don't think the reward will be anywhere comparable to the risk when the bean counters actually sit down and look at this seriously.