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So, how many drone related aviation accidents have there been? And how many fixed wing accidents due to pilot error?

A more sensible solution if we're talking about safety would be to ban human pilots. FWIW I've hundreds of hours of fixed wing and drone piloting experience, respectively, and I have way more control with a drone than with a tonne of grp and aluminium driven by whirling death.

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You mean banning humans from piloting drones or planes?

Yup. Automate everything. Flight control software is now good enough. As much as I love flying in both formats, this is the logical end point of "safety first", and my personal feelings don't come into it. I'm not a proponent of this, just drawing the conclusion.

Same with cars.

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