Playing Devil's Advocate here.
A scenario
14 year old, playing MS Flight Simulator on a home computer. He (whoops, PC) she, can input all sorts of buggeration factors into whatever 'sim' he/she flies.
5 years on, the 19 year old is 'the ace of the base' with a joystick, rotary throttle and 'instrument' flying.
Could he/she effectively fly a drone?