Reminds me a bit of the early 60s - 'everyone' knew that guns on fighters were obsolete, so they began to build fighters without them. It didn't take much combat before they started trying to retrofit the guns.
Now 'everyone' knows that pilots will be obsolete.
I would expect (though someone may prove me wrong) that in most cases pilots benefit from g-force feedback as well, which is something that cannot be provided accurately in a ground-based control booth. To be sure, there are times when pilots would benefit from having a less-than-realistic amount of g-force feedback (e.g. when the g-force is too big for a human to withstand), and perhaps there may be ways of simulating g-forces on the ground using neurological stimulators or somesuch. Of course, the ability to have pilots survive even the worst crashes imaginable is a major plus.