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That image is downright terrifying for someone who spends every moment of the flight waiting for the inevitable crash.
That's because the "pilots" have zero skin in the game.
They can hit the reset button.
We can't.
Yes, there are ZERO repercussions if one of us hits another aircraft.
None.
In fact, we make it a game to see how many other aircraft we can down. Civilians are double points.
I am EXTREMELY paranoid about other planes in my space. I've already had to dodge helicopters on two occasions (Cleared both times by the MCT, on one occasion the helicopter had never called in and just showed up one night, on the other a pair of helicopters decided they didn't want to hold for a mere UAV and decided to land anyway) and have had other manned aircraft at my altitude in my area because of idiot controllers (one was a pair of Apaches less than a mile away).
People need to understand that UAVs are NOT always the problem, and they're NOT always at fault (are they sometimes? Absolutely). They also need to understand that during launch or recovery, some systems (like the one I fly) have fixed nose cameras, and I can only see the slice of sky in front of me. I can't turn my head and look for a contractor MI-8 trying to mate with me