"Planes are mostly already flown on autopilot already." Well, yes, the easy bits. The problem is that you still need pilots when things don't go exactly to pl

"Planes are mostly already flown on autopilot already." Well, yes, the easy bits. The problem is that you still need pilots when things don't go exactly to plan, and they never do: http://www.askthepilot.com/questionanswers/automation-myths/ http://www.askthepilot.com/questionanswers/automation-myths/ This is not to say that passenger planes can't be automated someday, but we're nowhere near there yet.