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Re:FedEx teams up with Reliable Robotics on autonomous cargo... by Animats on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:04PM (#24602534)
Operating cost on a Cessna 208 is reported as $896.93 per flight hour.[1] So, no.

[1] https://www.aircraftcostcalculator.com/AircraftOperatingCost...

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Re:FedEx teams up with Reliable Robotics on autonomous cargo... by stevehawk on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:38PM (#24602729)
Holy sh!t the numbers on that website are amazingly inaccurate, I would not rely on them.
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Re:FedEx teams up with Reliable Robotics on autonomous cargo... by dehrmann on Saturday September 26, 2020 @11:29PM (#24604005)
Figure between $50 and $100 per hour for two pilots and that's not an insignificant addition to flight cost.
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