[dingaling]

Even take-off doesn't really need a pilot; the production Lockheed TriStar airliner had full automation and on at least one occasion ( 25 May 1972 ) flew entirely from runway to runway, across the USA, without pilot intervention.

[snypher]

There's a little more information here if anyone else was curious;

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/history/l...