They are referred to as 'controllers' in the literature I've read. Pilots are in the vehicle.

It was a tongue-in-cheek comment anyway. A drone with a pilot? Isn't that an aeroplane?

You had to be there, I suppose.

whats red hot chili peppers song have to do with it lol

aeroplane [ˈɛərəˌpleɪn] US and Canadian, airplane [ˈɛəˌpleɪn]
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/aeroplane

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pi·lot (plt)
n.
1. One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pilot

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air·craft (ârkrft)
n. pl. aircraft
A machine or device, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or dirigible, that is capable of atmospheric flight.

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thus drone [aircraft] are flown by a pilot



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Unless we are now using an intelligent sentient machine who is operating all the drones, then a drone needs a pilot. A pilot does not need to be in the vehicle.


pi·lot (plt)
n.
1. One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.

Sorry was on vacation did I miss anything ?

Not much. I won't mention any names, but some people think that drones operate themselves and don't need pilots, or they just want to call pilots "controllers."

Like I said, you had to be there. Seems I overestimated the audience.

I'll keep it simple in future.

well I think whistle blowers should be protected.

I see that the "truthers" continue to believe in a fairy tale. They don't know the source of the large quantities of NT required to take down the buildings. They don't know who planted it in utter secrecy in three large buildings--and how they did it. They don't know why, after all these many years, no one with credibility has stepped forward to support their theory. They don't have a believable critique of the dust analysis. They don't believe video footage showing planes crashing into the buildings. They don't believe an airliner hit the Pentagon (despite numerous eyewitness accounts to the contrary). They don't have enough credible evidence to even get a hearing in a court of law.

Yet they persist in pursuing one of the all-time dumbest conspiracy theories in history.

All the desperate attempts to gain some form of credibility aren't working.

Says it all really.

it began as a left wing anti bush movement..

then they realized that they could line their pockets with cash from writing books, making movies and giving speeches/lectures..

it is nothing more than a money making enterprise..

Of course it is, and they have no shortage of gulls willing to buy into the fantasy.

Not all, some are computer controlled, but that is irrelevant. Obviously, it flew over your head.

Intelligent drone computers? I think that was a movie where the computer became self aware and started killing humans.

Terminator.

Now who is talking about fantasy?

Hope you're sitting on the "Pot de Chambre"!