The rationale for such aircraft is simple; you don’t lose a pilot if a drone is shot down. . . . However, there is a major problem. One man’s technological breakthrough is another man’s threat. Drones threaten to take away pilot jobs.
Few people in the air forces will come right out and say this. But halfhearted enthusiasm for drones can be traced back to pilots’ unease over their becoming too effective. This is ironic, as the air forces themselves had to fight similar prejudice in their early years.
