Originally Posted by
CleCapt
The discussion was about moving people. In that context, it will not happen in my lifetime, and I'm no where near retirement.
For all the reasons mentioned in this post, no matter what the price of the ticket, people will not get on a pilotless plane, passengers are not that stupid. Consider the variables that may or may not exist on current drones. Snow storms, Slick taxi ways, slick high speed turn offs, short runways (SNA,LGA,DCA) Deicing, and the thousands of variables that pilots take into consideration every day.
We agree to disagree.
Most common travelers have no clue what a high speed turn off is or that SNA, LGA, DCA have short runways.