A large part of the reason that these are multi million dollar vehicles is that it needs to safely sustain a human pilot in it.
Also, that pilot does need to get paid on the 350 days a year that there are no forest fires to be extinguished.
A fuse can sit 99.9999999% of its lifetime in a circuit doing nothing, should we get rid of fuses?
A fuse can sit 99.9999999% of its lifetime in a circuit doing nothing, should we get rid of fuses?