A NYT article Drone Pilots Are Shown to Have Stress Disorders, which refers to a new DoD report:Note the DoD report is not readily found, that maybe because it is due to presented at a conference this week.In the first study of its kind, researchers with the Defense Department have found that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The study affirms a growing body of research finding health hazards even for those piloting machines from bases far from actual combat zones.
Link to NYT article:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us...it_th_20130223
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