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Planes With No Pilots?

CNN reportedly  claims pilotless planes could save the airline industry 35 billion dollars a year.  They reportedly say computers pilot the majority of flights anyway and humans pilots only fly…

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 05: Planes sit on the runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on June 5, 2017 in New York City. Part of what the White House is calling the president’s “infrastructure week,” President Donald Trump announced Monday a plan to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system. If enacted, it would remove the job of tracking and guiding airplanes from the oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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CNN reportedly  claims pilotless planes could save the airline industry 35 billion dollars a year.  They reportedly say computers pilot the majority of flights anyway and humans pilots only fly the plane for a few minutes per flight.  Astonishingly , 17 percent of travelers would fly without a pilot, would you?

Disc.  The plane pictured is NOT a pilotless plane

Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.