Robotic Nation Evidence

Yesterday's post on the pilots landing at the wrong airport deserves this follow-up:

Plane Landing Catches Runway Painters By Surprise

From the article:

Today three runway painters count themselves very lucky to be alive. Mike Palmer was one of the three painters repainting the runway's navigational stripes when they noticed the plane descending. At first they thought it was a fly-over, but when they saw the landing gear come down…they knew there was a problem.

The painters did not receive any advance warning since Ellsworth Air Force Base thought the plane was landing at Rapid City Regional Airport as scheduled.

Of course, in the near future the three men will be unemployed -- robots will be painting navigational stripes instead of people. Those robotic painters won't have to worry about human pilots making mistakes because robots will soon be flying all the planes.