Originally Posted by
CleCapt
If you think anyone would get on a plane without a pilot, then you're crazy. The technology exists, but it won't happen. They can't even get a car to drive down a flat road without hitting someone. Won't happen in my lifetime, and probably not my grandkid's either.
We've been flying the Global Hawk for about 20 years, and that thing has a wingspan larger than the 737. How long before they start moving cargo like that? Unless you're 80 years old, I'm thinking in your lifetime, you will see freight dogs replaced, driverless/augmented cars, and some form of automated airborne personal transport in the next 25 years, if not sooner.