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This is unsupported by evidence. Drone operators have a high incidence of PTSD. > Studies have found similar levels of depression and PTSD among drone pilots w
by outworlder 6y ago
This is unsupported by evidence. Drone operators have a high incidence of PTSD.
> Studies have found similar levels of depression and PTSD among drone pilots working behind a bank of computers as among military personnel deployed to the battlefield.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/life-as-a-drone-pilot-creech-air-force-base-nevada https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/life-as-a-dron...
- koheripbal 6y agoThis is for ATTACK drones, where they are actually killing people or coordinating fire. We are talking here about SURVEILLANCE drones.
- catalogia 6y ago> The police helicopter has a human element to/in it so the pilot would feel more responsibility for the destruction they caused if it were right in front of their eyes. This comment sounds like it's about attack drones. I concede that it's not necessarily about attack drones; a surveillance drone operator might facilitate and witness a lethal attack, and in that sense "cause" the destruction.
- koheripbal 6y agoSure - but that wouldn't apply to police drones either since no one is getting shot by droned directed fire in the US.