Wednesday, April 30, 2014

U.S. Drone Pilots Are Encountering A 'Drone Stigma'

Drone operators fly an MQ-9 Reaper training mission from a ground control station at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in this U.S. Air Force handout photo taken October 3, 2012. Credit: REUTERS/Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/USAF/Handout

Drone ‘Stigma’ Means ‘Less Skilled’ Pilots at Controls of Deadly Robots -- ABC News

The Air Force recently acknowledged that due to a “stigma” surrounding its drone program, many pilots at the controls of the deadly weapons are “less skilled” and officers overseeing them are “less competent” than their manned aircraft brethren, as alleged by the Government Accountability Office.

“Let’s be honest, when people dream about flying… People in this generation didn’t grow up and say, ‘I want to fly an RPA [remotely piloted aircraft],’” Air Force spokesperson Jennifer Cassidy told ABC News last week. “They were the ones that watched re-runs of ‘Top Gun’ and said, ‘I want to be a fighter pilot.’… So in fact the people that were lower ranking [in flight school], I guess you could say, are the folks that went to RPAs. It doesn’t mean they were bad pilots, or bad officers, it just meant you got to have some at the top and some at the bottom. That’s how that worked.”

Read more ....

My Comment:  Talk about big egos.

3 comments:

macelis said...

we provide the best service of Electronics-UAV follow us on:-The fpv diversity receiver will be one of the parts of the drones that will have to be regularly updated and upgraded. The Drone for Farming will be helpful to identify where the various vegetables are growing. The Drone Pilot has done a huge amount of research work in recent times. They must know the exact controls. Drone for Hunting will probably have guns and cameras fixed on them as well.

Unknown said...

The best Electronics-UAV services provide by us,come soon as possibe in:-The fpv diversity receiver will be of unrestricted release that can be intelligent to work in business in calculation earnings time to variability the measures Drone for Farming to the separated as they may bits and pieces awake to convention the drones to supreme confident way. There are accordingly masses to Drone for Hunting this developed manufacture. Drone in addition to its quantities are all countryside which are Drone repair center in this segment.

macelis said...

The best company of drone are provided best services for uav follow us:- Before choosing the right type of drone, know what the purpose behind using drone is. Like, are you using it for aerial photography or land surveys? Depending on that you may choose from Drone for Farming or Drone for Hunting. If you are worried if they can be repaired, there are Drone repair center too. Get the proper fpv diversity receiver for making the most of it.