Marilyn's Photos - June 8 2025 - The New Top Dog Pilots
Have you read or heard about this? The new pilots in the Russian-Ukraine War are gamers who are using those skills to pilot drones.
These are young men, gaming hobbyists/enthusiasts, who have volunteered for Ukraine in the war. They are generally 18 to mid 20s, and from countries around the world. They are trained in drone camps in the Ukraine.
The Brent Branbury news item yesterday said that the recruitment method was to post ads on social media - eg.Reddit. So I checked it out.
"Can y'all give me an honest assessment of how realistic/feasible/difficult it is to get into drone piloting as work?
"I have no experience piloting drones (unless being a gamer counts), I'm just a gymnastics coach and construction worker in his mid-30's looking for a way to pay my bills that isn't so hard on my body. What little research I've done so far looks like the necessary certifications are fairly cheap (even if the drones themselves aren't), and it sounds like something that I could enjoy enough not to get too burnt out on.
"Do the jobs exist? Do they require years of training? Do they pay enough that I'd be able to support myself (I'm in Maryland, if that makes a difference). Are there other questions I'm not asking, but should?"
There are lots of these sorts of questions on Reddit - some more specific about Ukraine and some inviting gamers to become pilots in the Ukraine.
The MSN article HERE uses the language of the wild west and top gun to dramatize the military transformation. They highlight celebrities as part of the team - "former techno music DJ Artem Timofeev, former Ukrainian tennis player Alexander Dolgoopolov. Others are anonymous and the training school trainers have anonymous names as well.
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