> string of automated glider ports There is a small precedent here: the space shuttle flew almost 100% by computers. There was a small involvement of the pilo

> string of automated glider ports There is a small precedent here: the space shuttle flew almost 100% by computers. There was a small involvement of the pilots when landing and some change of software due to small RAM size in the computers. I could imagine "Fully-Self-Flying planes" would start out with cargo planes between areas with low population.