Drone Pilots a Dead End Job

[Gerard]

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/air-force-wants-drone-pilots-incentives-lacking-says-report-6C10974055

[USAF Pilot 07]

Hmmm, imagine that.. The Air Force can't get enough people who signed up to fly real airplanes to go fly drones... Did it really take a year long study for them to realize why???

[captmjk16]

It probably took a year's study AND a few million in funding to figure out what we'd all consider obvious... Besides working for CBP, there's literally next to nothing that can be directly done with drone experience, though without the physical demand, it's likely possible to fly UAV/RPAs/whatever they're calling them these days well into one's AARP years.

[wunaladreamin]

it's likely possible to fly UAV/RPAs/whatever they're calling them these days well into one's AARP years.
That's great news for Mouse!

[Jared Blech]

That's great news for Mouse!

C'mon Kenny...are we really going to keep this whole mouse thing going??!

[wunaladreamin]

Lol. You'll live it down...eventually.

[moose135]

Hmmm, imagine that.. The Air Force can't get enough people who signed up to fly real airplanes to go fly drones... Did it really take a year long study for them to realize why???
Don't worry, I hear they will be moving KC-10 pilots over to fly drones. Not much different - push a few buttons, sit back and watch...
http://www.moose135photography.com/photos/i-K4n5hnc/0/X3/i-K4n5hnc-X3.gif



...it's likely possible to fly UAV/RPAs/whatever they're calling them these days well into one's AARP years.
I'm standing by the phone, waiting for the call!
http://www.moose135photography.com/photos/i-mcj9xWq/0/X3/i-mcj9xWq-X3.jpg

[USAF Pilot 07]

Don't worry, I hear they will be moving KC-10 pilots over to fly drones. Not much different - push a few buttons, sit back and watch...
http://www.moose135photography.com/photos/i-K4n5hnc/0/X3/i-K4n5hnc-X3.gif




We already have been...

[wunaladreamin]

I'm standing by the phone, waiting for the call!
http://www.moose135photography.com/photos/i-mcj9xWq/0/X3/i-mcj9xWq-X3.jpg
Moose they know you have trouble with all those pesky buttons on the phone. The telegram is coming over the wire.

[moose135]

Last year (I guess) at the McGuire AFB open house, I was talking with a guy, I think he had come out of C-17s and was now an UAV pilot.

[tlabranche]

I find it hilarious they wear flight suits to sit in a Lay-Z-Boy and play Flight Simulator.

[mirrodie]

Good point. Why not show up in boxers flip flops and a Jimmy Buffett shirt to do the job...?

[727C47]

because when you are sending a hellfire missle into a compound full of bad guys you have to give the situation the respect it deserves.

[moose135]

because when you are sending a hellfire missle into a compound full of bad guys you have to give the situation the respect it deserves.

Thank you.