Drones...Not just for pilots anymore

[FFLSinHI]

Yep, and no pun intended, it is the wave of the future.
The Sep/Oct Airman issue even says so!

I think you're right. Don't see many elevator operators around anymore.

"What was the name of that truck driving school Mav? Truck Masters? I might need that..."

 

[Birdstrike]

We're human. It's hard to acknowledge that a machine can render skills obsolete in some profiles. I can kick and scream or I can adapt. If I'm mainly about me, I kick and scream. If I'm about mission accomplishment with reduced risk, I adapt. Either way, it's going to happen.

 

[FFLSinHI]

That's true, but there are limits to what job any of us are willing to do. For me, I love flying. A while ago, I flew 6 days in a row--easy locals, and rented a plane that Sunday to go get a $100 hamburger with my wife. That's my idea of a great week. I hope I never have to decide over the AF and flying airplane I'm sitting in for a living. In the near future, I think the AF is going to lose good pilots because they force that choice on them. It's easy to have an academic discussion on what's best until it's your a$$ and family that are affected.