No doubt Elon may have said this, I admire him very much for what he has accomplished, and his vision and commitment,I truly believe he is one of the greatest visionaries we have seen in the last two centuries, but I do take some things he says with a grain of salt.
I doubt the pilot was truly speechless, unless he was a brand new pilot, we pilots have been hearing how we are going to be obsolete, pretty much since, and probably even before, I got my license. It could happen of course, probably even likely it will.
I am curious as to how many people here who believe in totally driverless cars, and would get in one now without a thought, would also get on a pilotless aircraft?
No judgement from me on this, if you believe they are safe enough that is entirely up to you. I know it's a slightly different proposition in that when things go wrong in aircraft, the consequences can easily be more than a fender bender, but I'm curious.