An excerpt from CNN -
Pilotless planes could save airlines billions. But would anyone fly?
Taking pilots out of the cockpit could save airlines billions. But would anyone buy a ticket?
by Ivana Kottasová
The aviation industry could save $35 billion a year by moving to pilotless planes, according to a new report from UBS. Just one problem: The same report warns that only 17% of travelers are willing to fly without a pilot.
UBS said that the technology required to operate remote-controlled planes could appear by 2025. Further advances beyond 2030 might result in automated business jets and helicopters, and finally commercial aircraft without pilots.
"The technologies in development today will enable the aircraft to assist and back up the pilot in all the flight phases, removing the pilot from manual control and systems operations in all types of situations," the report said.
Commercial flights already land with the assistance of on-board computers, and pilots manually fly the aircraft for only a few minutes on average.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/07/technology/business/pilotless-planes-passengers/index.html
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