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Originally Posted by 911_Dude
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I can understand what you are saying, but what does getting a pilot license have to do with making the safest UAV pilot? Especially when any kid can master a quadcopter in an hour. I think much more fitting would be a ground school and test so a "pilot" knows the rules. Then some basic quad copter flight test. There is very little correlation with flying UAVs and real planes. Why the UASF spends the money to send a guy through pilot training only to go to a UAV squadron is beyond me, as well as why someone would have to shell out thousands to get a pilot rating he doesnt need.
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The USAF doesn't spend thousands on pilot training for a newly minted aviator to be a UAV pilot. The majority of them are usually veteran pilots who've been flying for many years and transferred to UAV flying.