Senate lawmakers want details of effort to improve work-life balance, services for RPA pilots

By Rachel Cohen / June 1, 2018 at 4:29 PM
Two Democratic senators added language to the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill that would tell the Government Accountability Office to report on how the Air Force is improving the lives of its remotely piloted aircraft operators. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico collaborated on a bill, which Inside Defense obtained June 1, to "ensure the RPA/drone community has access to the same services and benefits available...

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