"Unmanned Reaper planes – which also carry laser-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles to engage targets they spot – are currently flown by remote-control by highly trained fighter pilots 8,000 miles away in Nevada.
But RAF chiefs last week approved a money-saving plan to use ‘lower grade’ staff after 30 hours’ basic flying training – rather than those who have undergone the £4million fighter pilot programme."
30 hours is not enough.