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Re:FedEx teams up with Reliable Robotics on autonomous cargo... by stevehawk on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:36PM (#24602716)
Actually what it would probably lead to is a dropping of all safety requirements for over water regulations since only cargo and not human lives are at risk.

Plus it means never having to wait for a pilot that’s stuck in traffic, the wrong town, or unable to fly for health/medication reasons

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Re:FedEx teams up with Reliable Robotics on autonomous cargo... by dehrmann on Saturday September 26, 2020 @11:25PM (#24603988)
The range of the C208 isn't that far, so I'm guessing that would help for serving somewhere like the Aleutian Islands. The huge win you're alluding to would be basically ignoring ETOPS for long-haul cargo flights, but those will all be on much larger planes.
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