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I once worked briefly with a guy that was always chasing women. I asked him why he did that knowing he had a girlfriend. He replied...

Nope. Those folks are aviators. Not lessening his accomplishments at all, and I want to see such accomplishments rewarded. I just...

Huh... Maybe they could do that for the drone pilots...

Morals are a personal thing. Personally, I don't see how what you described in your post is much different than launching an ICBM from...

Some may recall Col. Joe Kittinger and Rosie O'Grady's Flying Circus (part of Bob Snow's Church Street Station entertainment complex in...

In case anyone's confused, that is NOT @FastEddieB posing next to his plane.....

I have no problem calling drone operators "pilots." There are all sorts of pilots: airplane pilots, RC pilots, sim pilots, drone...

Yes. This is like calling the operator of a remote undersea drone a submariner.

Mauldin was a good guy. I've enjoyed a couple of his books.

This thread reminds me of a Bill Mauldin cartoon from WWII: (Note that the admin corporal is wearing a combat infantryman badge, which...

I don't believe I, or anyone else, has objected to awards. It's simply my opinion that giving an aviator award to a drone pilot is...

But if the sky is no longer bounded by the ground, how will we ever land? :)

Well, you know pilots; always looking for an alternate, just in case....

True, but that doesn't mean it isn't our circus and our monkeys, contrary to your statement. And we do have a vested interest in how...

Yet you're doing the same thing only targeting a bunch of random people on the internet.