### Comment:
Well, I have a friend who is a pilot, that flies for etihad and says that self-flying planes will be here soon enough. Aside from landing and take off, the planes are on auto pilot. But the technology will be available that this will no longer be the case.

### REPLY:
The technology has been available for years. That 'aside from landing and takeoff' bit is only an aside because the pilots need x landings per month to keep current, and they need to keep current to oversee the automated landing and takeoff. 
  
 As long as there are passengers, there will be pilots overseeing the AI for liability reasons

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