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Re:When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? by mseebach on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @10:21AM (#3319554)
Modern glass cockpits are just thin interfaces on avionics you need anyway. I would be surprised if a cockpit-less 777 was significantly lighter than one including it.

As for the weight of the pilots themselves - judging by the cost of excess luggage, I'd say it's negligible for all but the smallest aircrafts.

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Re:When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? by onemoreact on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @01:29PM (#3320294)
I would say just the weight of the pilots, their seats, the extra structural support and reinforced door, and the need to wire control surfaces to the front of an airplane vs it's mid section etc. Your probably down ~2-4 passengers.
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