That would make sense if the FAA was responsible for keeping planes in the sky. In case you did not know, they don't. The DMV does not keep your car from running into innocent bystanders does it?
FAA claims video from drones on YouTube is a commercial venture
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SlumTodd_Millionaire
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If memory serves, you weren't much in favor of strong regulation, either. But maybe I'm thinking of someone else.
fholbert
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PhilosopherPilot
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Proper regulation need not be overbearing regulation.
ahw01
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I think FAA regulation in this area is sensible, let's have the pilots properly trained.
I think it gets a little fuzzy when the FAA gets to look at youtube and profits, there should be someone else doing the enforcement there.
Was I right @KSCessnaDriver?
I think it gets a little fuzzy when the FAA gets to look at youtube and profits, there should be someone else doing the enforcement there.
Was I right @KSCessnaDriver?
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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If it doesn't keep them out of the air, then it isn't overbearing enough.
PhilosopherPilot
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You sound like one of the old ladies that lives near Vero Beach airport. They say the exact same thing about airport traffic.
texas_pilot
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Free idea I had to make a buck that works better with drone cameras.
Fly the rich folk neighborhoods looking for green backyard pools.
Come back with an offer to maintain the pool.
Drone < cost than the 150 I decided wouldn't work out.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Let's see how you feel about it after the first uncontained engine failure when one of these things gets sucked in.
PhilosopherPilot
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Smart regulation will prevent that, or limit the risk to an acceptable level. Outright bans are just stupid. If I want to fly a freaking toy helicopter on my rural property 10 miles from the nearest airport, I should be able to do so.
GolfChuck
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No, the FAA sets standards for maintenance; training; carrier, airframe, and pilot certification; mechanic training; dispatcher training; rest requirements; and currency requirements; just to name a few off the top of my head, and that is just on the FSDO side. Couple that with the ATC side and you have the safest albeit the busiest airspace system in the world. That didn't happen by accident, although it was an accident that happened that made it what it is today. We shouldn't need a jetliner being brought down by an amateur operated UAV to be the cause for change this time.
Unless things are being operated close to arrival and departure routes/path, I don't see them bringing down airliners. I think this is just over reacting from a group that does not care for drones.
ppragman
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I actually agree, though I'd have liked to see more stringent training requirements than simply a written.
gotWXdagain
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I'm sorry but if a flock of geese can be contained inside a modern turbofan than a half pound drone isn't going to make it all explody.
texas_pilot
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Not allowed within 5 miles of controlled airspaceA.
PhilosopherPilot
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And if a 5 lb UAV makes you guys so scared, why aren't you all calling to exterminate all of the large birds in the USA. WE ALL GUNNA DIE!
CoffeeIcePapers
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I wish the local FSDO could perform its primary functions, like approving 135s, adding DPEs, performing CFI checkrides in a timely manner instead of trolling on youtube for drones.