“Our system doesn’t do automated engine starts, so somebody has to be in the plane to start the engine.”
Reliable Robotics flew a FedEx Cessna Caravan for 12 minutes with a remote pilot 50 miles away. The CEO promises FAA approval within two years and says the tech will create jobs, not cut them. In the same breath he pitches one pilot flying an East Coast run in the morning and a West Coast run after. The “huge cost savings” he mentions are pilot salaries.