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		pinaceae on Nov 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Airlines Face Acute Shortage of Pilots that is a very good question - and thanks to the ongoing drone warfare by the US, this is being answered right now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_unmanned_aerial_vehi... the wikipedia article above is a good entry point. note how drones were successfully used in the Vietnam war.

cpa on Nov 12, 2012 [–]

Indeed, but the specification for unmanned planes carrying 300+ people will probably be much harsher than the spec for military drones... I think that first thing we will witness is freight done by huge drones.

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