Or outsource to a pilot procurement company in China.

There is precedent after all: https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-go...

What a silly statement to make. They'll just be replaced with AI. This is literally the plot of the Terminator

I doubt it. Ask yourself: Why does the RQ-4 Global Hawk or MQ-9 Reaper require so much training to operate? The operators are well-paid, highly skilled officers.