Unlikely. The automatable parts are basically all automated already (autopilot, take-off, landing). Making an aerial robot take off from runway X and land at Y

Unlikely. The automatable parts are basically all automated already (autopilot, take-off, landing). Making an aerial robot take off from runway X and land at Y in clear skies with a well-maintained machine is solved. Human pilots, in addition to piloting, do a bazillion small things which add up to a safe flight, such as tons of systems checks. Often, e.g. under autopilot, their job is to act as fallback when the automated systems fail. When the automated checks fail to catch issues in other automated systems, the buck stops with the captain. Or maybe it's an important radio call. Even if you patch the uav into a pilot in a sim, there's so much situational awareness lost. I don't see it happening any time soon in the commercial space.