Australia post is analysing the use of remotely piloted drones within the company, with the support of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). If the initial fortnight trial is successful, the company wishes to trial the service with the consumers by the end of the year.
In this essay, we will investigate about the social and ethical issues surrounding the use of drones …show more content…
What about the jobs at stake with all the drones taking over. There will be massive job cuts to the industry just like it already has and would put the industry in jeopardy. The counter argument for this is that it will be replaced by drone pilots and engineers who service the drone. Well, right now, there will probably not be enough people to replace the roll as well as elderly people left jobless. It will also probably take one person now to do the job of three as it has more efficiency. There will simply not be enough jobs for a lot of people.
Economically, this decision to move to drones as a standard transport of online goods is better. However, there will be less prosperity in the generations to come. It is the society that is not patient enough that will gain from this. There needs to be certain laws and regulations put in place for usage of drones. If they wanted to implement this they need to work out what laws and regulations to put in like if drones are only used in rural areas as manual transport is harsh.
In conclusion, there is still a lot to discuss and find out if drones can be implemented in the workplace for the better, but drones shouldn’t be implemented at all. There is simply too much to account for and too much of a hazard to have out in the public, despite being backed by CASA. There needs to be control through the law and regulations, before drones to be