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Drones may be hauling cargo in the air much sooner than widely expected.

The worsening shortage of pilots and concerns about available freighter capacity down the road are adding a sense of urgency to the deployment of drones to fill the gaps.

The pilot shortage is the ...

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  • Paul McGee

    July 06, 2018 at 1:12 am

    This article is a big nothing burger! Headline is quite misleading. A few drones to a few small remote places will have no impact on the pilot market!

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