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ref. weaponeering. Don't the drone drivers just pickle the weapons? I thought the rest was done by the sensor operators
A bit more than that. Firstly, as Captain of the aircraft the pilot is responsible for any weapon fired. Secondly, they have to position the aircraft to fire the weapon in parameters in accordance with either JTAC instructions or the SOPs. Then ensure that they don't knacker the sensor ops tracking through manoeuvre. That said, it's a 3 man aircraft (including the Mission Specialist) and they
all work together to get the best out of it.
As for getting stressed, yup the Chief Clerk gets more stressed when the lorry load of paperclips is late for delivery - oh, and as for the SWO, those sideburns and neckshaves really put the pressue on them...
Of course, there are stressful jobs throughout the armed forces, operating RPAS is but one of many!
LJ