Its very sad but inevitable. At this cutting edge of technology and human endeavour, accidents are bound to happen.
Eventually you'll have one.
( Chrome doesn't think evited is a word. )
> current spaceplanes have the capability to fly and land autonomously--Boeing X-37, Dream Chaser, even Buran was fully autonomous and that was 25 years ago. There is simply no excuse for Virgin for being sloppy.
The point being there shouldn't have been human pilots in those seats in the first place.