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That's a bit of a strange thing to focus on, I don't see how having a pilot on board would change any of that.

Having a pilot on board means someone can fight back.

I think GP meant they could hack it remotely. If an attacker hacks a fly-by-wire plane remotely, I'd rather not be onboard.

Plenty of planes today are fly-by-wire, it's just that this one also happens to be remotely controllable.