Speaking of drone operators...

If you can take the low-budget effects, I recommend watching the movie Sleep Dealer[1]. It is probably the best cyberpunk[2] film ever made; unfortunately, it never got a lot of attention.

The film deals primarily with telepresence, with an emphasis on the remote operation of drones. Not just military drones, either; drones also enable "out-of-sight, out-of-mind" workers.

[1] http://www.sleepdealer.com/

[2] A lot of people confuse cyberpunk with flashy tech and network shenanigans; Gibson describes cyberpunk as stories about the interstitial - the people caught in the cracks of "legitimate" society (consensus reality).