This makes me think that pilots are going the way of cavalry officers. An exclusive club of people with skills that matter less and less. I wonder which activities, in the future, will require the Right Stuff...
TFA mentions that a real pilot was needed for ATC comms and airspaces. As any actual pilot will tell you, actually manipulating controls (what this company claims to simplify) is 2% of the job, at most. In fact, as you learn to fly, at just 10 hours of training you'll be allowed to solo fly (only near the airport and only alone). The hard part is emergency handling, airspaces, comms, weather, and planning. This company does none of that.
The ones where you have to blame someone if something goes wrong.
There are plenty of people piloting drones from trailers in New Mexico. They can take the blame. But they are not exactly pilots in the Chuck Yeager sense.