Air Force points to three reasons for the stress
(NEWSER) - Drones may be unmanned, but they're not pilot-less, and many of those pilots are having a pretty rough time. NPR reports on a new Pentagon study, commissioned by the Air Force, that looks at the mental toll that fighting "remote-controlled war" takes, and the stats are somewhat disheartening. The Air Force employs about 1,100 drone pilots, who are operating as many as 60 drones around the globe. Some 29% of those surveyed reported that they were exhausted and burned out; 17% are believed to be "clinically distressed," which means their stress has reached a level so high it impacts them professionally and personally. More»
