COMBAT FATIGUE: As Stress Drives Off Drone Operators, Air Force Must Cut Flights.

People think that there’s no stress because it’s like a videogame, and when the day is over you go home. But it’s not a videogame. And the contrast may actually make the stress worse. One of my former UT colleagues flew B-52s in Vietnam, and he said the weirdness of leaving your nice apartment, and then a few hours later being in combat, and then back in your apartment a few hours after that, was really trying even though it sounded like it ought to be a cushy life. I think the drone operators may experience something similar.