XB 47 PILOTS NEED NOT APPLY.

[Barklessdog]

http://www.fastcompany.com/1724775/arm-chair-top-guns-the-unmanned-x-47b-takes-its-first-flight

Fragile human pilots are no longer needed. During combat, the loss of a military aircraft is a technological and fiscal blow, but the loss of a pilot is far worse--personally it's a loss, politically it's terrible, and financially it's a disaster, since pilots cost millions of dollars to train and keep flight-ready. Human pilots also require life support systems in aircraft, which increases their weight, and limits their flight envelope--without the pilot aboard, an X-47B-type aircraft could theoretically perform all sorts of crazy aerobatic maneuvers that a human pilot couldn't withstand.

The Cylons are coming!

[Highlander]

BY YOUR COMMAND...

(there's a lot of "gamers" now...! iirc the USAF had/have local "pilots" and "specialists" for the "wet-work")

[Psycho Bass Guy]

The title confused me. The XB-47 first flew over 50 years ago:

...and it had a whole crew.

Unmanned planes have their advantages, but it's usually the airframe, not the pilot, that limits their manueverability.

[Basshappi]

Yep that will be just fine until some enemy succesfully hacks into CC and turns a squadron of these back against us.

[Barklessdog]

The Machines are going to take over.

[godofthunder]

The title confused me. The XB-47 first flew over 50 years ago:

...and it had a whole crew.

Unmanned planes have their advantages, but it's usually the airframe, not the pilot, that limits their manueverability.

I was thinking the same thing the title also confused me!

[Bart!]