Fly the planes with remote and screw the pilots, their unions and the flight attendants. Those pilots and crews are only negotiating points for terrorists anyway. The airline companiess might complain about the cost of this upgrade -- but show them how much they'll save on employees/benefits/training and remind them of the many american taxpayers who are always willing to bailout some Corporation that can't survive in the free market. They'll spring for it then. Now the only problem will be monitoring the evil doers who own Airplanes and satellite technology, but then the current Lushites can create a new federal agency staffed with appropriate numbers from the Airline and Satelite Industry they're going to regulate and mandate some voluntarily regulation system. Afterall look how well this system works for environment, Agriculture, FDA and wallstreet (well, it used to work much better on wallstreet... give it a few more years or until we prosecute that evil ceo who stripped americans of their futures, you know - Martha Steward).