Can't argue against your point V_K.
As is probably quite obvious, I work closely with 39 Sqn so understand a bit more than the Daily Mail. At no point to Pilots leave the 'cockpit' to phone their wives or make coffee. They fly for a set period of time then swap out with another crew.
I still fail to see the flying suit issue, just think of it as an advanced simulator... with real bombs. The crews are aircrew (not some new playstation geek trade group) and they fly the UAV in busy airspace talking to ATC and other aircraft to arrange deconfliction etc..
They fly above FL200, performing SCAR,CAS and ISAR. This isn't a chuck and throw remote control plane, its a fully ATO tasked asset that is flown initially by guys on the ground in theatre then passed over to the crew in Creech.
There's far more people on the top floor of the AWC wearing growbags than crews on 39 Sqn, and not an ATO in sight.