Drone Pilot With PTSD Told That He Killed 1,626 People

By JG Vibes | October 25, 2013

Man is traumatized after becoming a mass murderer 

A Reaper MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) prepares for takeoff in Afghanistan. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

(INTELLIHUB) — Drone warfare is a disturbing practice on many levels but one of the most troubling things about this is it allows people to be completely detached from the violence that they are participating in.
However, recently a story has emerged about one of these drone pilots who actually became sickened by their job and refused to continue.
Brandon Bryant first made the news months ago when he came forward to tell his story about how he killed a small child with a drone, and was told by his supervisors that the child was just “a dog with 2 legs”.
Now Bryant is in the news again after learning the total death toll that he was responsible for during his time as a drone pilot.  
Bryant was horrified to learn that during his time as a drone pilot he killed at least 1,626 people.  During these murders Bryant was in a translucent state that he called “zombie mode”, where he would just go through the mechanical motions without even realizing that he was taking peoples lives. 
When he finally had a change of heart and decided to leave, the Air Force offered him a $109,000 bonus to stay and continue killing people, but he declined. 
Now Bryant has dedicated his life to speaking out against drone warfare, and reaching out to other potential drone pilots to let them know that operating a drone is not a videogame, it is killing people by remote control.

Sources:
[1] Report: Former drone operator shares his inner torment – WTKR
http://intellihub.com/2013/10/25/drone-pilot-ptsd-told-killed-1626-people/