Comments on: Will airport of the future fly?

Cisco technologist envisions virtual intelligence agents, security sensors, home office pilots. He faces challenges.

[JackfromBerkeley]

Airbus and Boeing rush remotely piloted airliners to market

The latest versions of the venerable 737 and also Airbus' 320 are to
be flown remotely, piloted from each company's headquarters. Not
carrying a flight crew saves weight and money. The airplanes are
to be mostly autonomous, flying themselves and only requiring
human intervention occasionally. One pilot/monitor can handle up
to seven planes at once. Not paying for all those pilots will give
any airline that uses UAVs an unbeatable commercial edge. This is
the future. Soon we will all be used to it.

[frankbuc]

Back up systems

How have they addressed transient/total failure of "com link" issues and/or catastrophic failures of the "remote pilot" modules?

[rcrusoe]

Soon we will all be used to it.

Used to flying in a pilotless aircraft? Not a chance.

I've been a pilot most of my life and have flown all types of aircraft.
I can assure you that I'll never get in any plane where the pilot's as*
doesn't share the same risk as the geese in the back.

[Ipod Apple]

This is the future

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