Aroa, the difference between drone and piloted aircraft operations are that one type of mishap ends in serious injury or death, the other does not. The difference between drones and learner helicopter pilots is thus obvious.
I would have no qualms about drone operators if each transmitter was fitted with a shotgun shell that would fire at the operator if the drone crashed.
Failing that, I automatically classify drone operators as vicarious onanists whose only risk is to their chequebook or credit card.
They are not entitled to the same privileges as aviators since they don't risk life and limb.