how much flying do they actually do, takeoffs and landings and some maneuvering over the target area? i would expect the drones GPS their way to and from the target area and prolly are able to takeoff and land autonomously if required, no?
Posted on 12/19/2015 9:58:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I don't give a shit if they ARE third generation Americans ... change your name if you're REALLY gonn'a practice taquia
Navy in 1930’s and 40’s used to have enlisted pilots
known as NAP (Naval Aviation Pilot)
One squadron was known as FLYING CHIEFS
Army decided (before creation of separate air force in 1947)
decided to require all pilots be officers, Navy had to
keep pace....
About damn time!
There is nothing that requires an officer to fly a drone other than the officers wanting to save pilot-billets for their own peers...
But a drone pilot isn’t a hairy-chested knight of the air, so they relented, because they can’t fill the chairs.
Someday, we’ll have drone to manned aerial combat, and when all the hairy-chested knights all buy the farm we’ll then have drone-to-drone aerial combat.
Lots of the British Pilots and Flight Crews in WW2 were “Other Ranks” (other than commissioned / officers) and they seemed to do an adequate job!
Probably better at it as they were more than likely glued to a monitor as youts more than the upity college O types
No weapons release, easier to fly, makes sense to me.
Will Obama run a Jobs for Jihadis’ outreach program to assure a “diverse” workforce?
Drone pilots only fly the things anyway so it really isn’t a big deal. Amazon and FedEx employees are already doing that. The decisions to engage targets are made by the bastard lawyers and politicians back in Washington.
Most Army pilots are Warrant Officers, not Commissioned Officers. Some unmanned aerial vehicles are flown by Sergeants. The Air Force abolished Warrant Officers and have not allowed enlisted airmen to be pilots. The British Army still have sergeant pilots.
The Air Force position has been based on cultural and social preferences, nothing to do with technical capability.
Drone pilots only fly the things anyway so it really isn’t a big deal.
? I know plenty of rated pilots that have come out of the F-16 and B-1 communities to fly Global Hawk, Predator or Reaper.
Yep...every muslim is a security threat.
Crikey... you could give my kids a bag of Doritos and Coke and they would fly that drone up Achmed's a$$
This shows that drones are no longer cool. Flying them is no longer a status symbol, it’s just a job. Soon, officers will never fly them.
how much flying do they actually do, takeoffs and landings and some maneuvering over the target area? i would expect the drones GPS their way to and from the target area and prolly are able to takeoff and land autonomously if required, no?
Yes, The Air Force has fought it at every step. Times are a changin’
how much flying do they actually do, takeoffs and landings and some maneuvering over the target area?
Global Hawk has Auto Takeoff and Land.
After I got my wings and arrived at Cherry Point for my initial training in A-4s, my transition training was at the hand of a Master Gunnery Sergeant (E-9) Naval Aviation Pilot. 1968.
TC
the only human input required then is doing a racetrack or figure eight over the target for unarmed drones
General Yeager started out enlisted.
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