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As someone who's worked with these systems, we faced quite a bit of this pilot-as-luddite resistance at first. Unfortunately this article doesn't really captur
by gills 17y ago
As someone who's worked with these systems, we faced quite a bit of this pilot-as-luddite resistance at first. Unfortunately this article doesn't really capture that many pilots are thankful that some flying computer will get blown away by a popup SA-6, rather than them. Nor does it convey that, while batches of UAVs can perform complicated tasks autonomously, they have not yet achieved air dominance.
- gaius 17y agoWhen I worked in the City we came across a lot of trader-as-luddite resistance to new software too. Many feared being automated out of jobs. Those who got with the programme tho' found they were able to single-handedly managed more complex positions. I think we'll see the same sort of thing here, perhaps a single pilot with the right technology (controlling multiple UAVs?) will be able to carry out a mission that would previously have taken an entire squadron. As the article says, the Pentagon can buy UAVs faster than it can train fully-qualified fighter pilots.