There will always be pilots because when SHTF you need human beings in the loop. Computers are great, when everything happens as expected.
It’s clear you’ve never spent any time in a cockpit.
I have.
Wrong, you need a computer controller repair man. But then maybe they have an etty bitty guy hid somewhere in those predator drones. But he is damn small. ROFLOL. And when things go wrong, well they crash just like always.