1000hr patch?
Yes and its logged in a flying log book as normal - the Ground Control Station for Reaper has a conventional stick, throttle, rudder pedals and HoTAS for things like flaps/weapons/engine kill switch plus a gear lowering lever. The pilot is flying "fly by wire", it's just that the wire is 8000 miles long!!! That is why they are called Remotely Piloted Air Systems - not drones or robots or UAVs, because they're flown by humans with pilot skills.
Nuff said...