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Didnt the FAA just state that unmanned aerial vehicles will be flying around general airspace by 2014?

• potatolicious 15y ago
  AFAIK "unmanned" at this point doesn't mean "pilotless" - you still have a full-time pilot, just not on board the aircraft proper. It seems pilot jobs are safe... for now.
  • iRobot 15y ago
    No Pilot = No Hijakers ... unless your a good hacker of course ;-)
    • jff 15y ago
      That's actually a damn good reason to avoid remote control of passenger airplanes. All it takes is a nice worm in the network... By comparison, maintaining physical cockpit security is extremely easy: lock the door, and shoot anyone who tries to force it.
    • aidenn0 15y ago
      I hear Iran has a few.