Many surgeries are performed using robotic technology.
You really wanna trust just anyone with that? I don’t care how ‘easy’ you think it is, you can’t have subpar pilots or doctors at the helm of anything and expect a good and/or safe outcome.
Let’s put the decision makers and their families on the first flights. See how they feel about that.
As my dean told us at graduation day...
A nation (culture or civilization for that matter) cannot have incompetent philosophers nor plumbers. If it does, neither it's ideas not it's pipes will hold water.