4 ms·
>> never heard anyone mentioned salary saved ever When it comes to fighter pilots, salary is irrelevant. The few pennies paid in salary is absolutely nothing
by sandworm101 3y ago
>> never heard anyone mentioned salary saved ever
When it comes to fighter pilots, salary is irrelevant. The few pennies paid in salary is absolutely nothing compared to the millions of dollars a year it takes to train and maintain an active combat pilot. Those costs are at the center of nearly every discussion re military drone tech. An autonomous pilot, a computer program, doesn't need check rides. It doesn't need to re-qual its AAR ticket every month. And it doesn't retire or get promoted out after five years.
- jessriedel 3y agoYou’re not responding to my question. You’re listing reasons the elimination of the job valuable, which partially undermines your original comment (because some of these reasons do not apply to drone pilots) but does not answer why you think other people consider the eliminated job to be the key benefit. Like is any of this mentioned in the article or this comment section? Or are you just complaining about bad arguments you heard elsewhere?
- KineticLensman 3y agoGetting the pilots out of the aircraft reduces the number of people killed in action, which has a significant effect on a war's support and popularity.
- jessriedel 3y agoYes I mentioned this in my first comment.