Now that driverless cars are already on our roads, aircraft manufacturers are beginning to test planes without a pilot.
But would you board one?
A recent study of 8000 people found only 17 percent would be prepared to.
Massey School of Aviation chief executive Ashok Poduval told Nadine Higgins people will first have to get used to driverless cars.
LISTEN ABOVE AS ASHOK PODUVAL SPEAKS WITH NADINE HIGGINS
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