Believe me Ding, it's being discussed right now. The technology is there. The military has said they have already built their last manned fighter jet.

The 'first step' is going to be in the cargo industry. Fed Ex and UPS are already looking at it.

You see, boxes don't care if there's no human pilots up front, and if things do go wrong, and the plane crashes, nobody dies, except the unfortunate ones in the neighborhood where it comes down! The ONLY reason the pax industry hasn't looked too closely at it...YET...is they don't think anyone would buy tickets on unmanned jets, but I believe as soon as the cargo industry "Proves" the technology is safe, the airlines will be next.

Luckily (for me) I'll be retired by then...I hope!

I would not want to be 19 years old, trying to become an Airline Pilot today.

But relax, your job is next.

The kids in China can do everything we Americans (and Europeans) can do, faster, better, and for 10 cents on the dollar, or less. I've been flying a lot of Shanghai lately, it is stunning how far, and how quickly, they have come in terms of manufacturing and technology.

But at least they out number us about 10 to 1, so we've got that supply and demand thing going for us...

Oh, wait.