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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by nvader on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @02:27AM (#11525216)
Maybe freight would be the initial area to introduce them, as the risk of loss of life is minimised.
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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by venomsnake on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @02:33AM (#11525231)
In the air. On the ground the risk is the same.
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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by bayesian_horse on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:22AM (#11525588)
An unmanned cargo plane could suicide in an emergency such that no human is harmed.
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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by runamok on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @03:34AM (#11525420)
Even in the US there is a whole lot of open space. And I don't think massive distribution centers are in extremely urban areas with high population density.
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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by jonathankoren on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:00AM (#11525515)
Yeah, but where are the airports? They're inevitably in population centers.

Case in point: FedEx flies into SJC, and the planes on the approach fly low over downtown, and very low over 101, since the end of the runway is right next to 101.

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