Forbes article on FAA regulatory environment

[Bartman]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregory...-drones-now-going-after-realtors-and-farmers/

 

[Mojave]

Good find Bart; that article places some of the issues in perspective.

 

[Gary Seven]

That was a pretty good write up. The tone of his writing makes me think he's an RC enthusiast as well.

 

[jes1111]

The article fails to mention one of the most important factors: that the FAA is behaving/thinking as if they are the first regulatory agency in the world to address this technology and that the US airspace is somehow "unique".

 

[Av8Chuck]

The article fails to mention one of the most important factors: that the FAA is behaving/thinking as if they are the first regulatory agency in the world to address this technology and that the US airspace is somehow "unique".

They aren't? Its not?

It is unique from the airspace in the UK, you can fly legally, we can't... At least not get paid for it.

 

[dark_star]

Mr. McNeal has a sensible perspective with solid logic to back his views. Great piece.

jes111, the FAA is handling this issue very poorly but US airspace is certainly unique. The four largest airports here alone do more cycles in a day than the UK would see in a week.

 

[PeteDee]

While that is true the small size of the of the UK means that there is still a very high concentration of aircraft in some areas that still makes the equation pretty huge for them as well and not so different. US is still going berserk as a total knee jerk reaction because they have dealt with it so poorly in the past and think a stroke of the pen will just fix everything, "Mission Accomplished" apparently.

Pete

 

[Bartman]

http://dronelife.com/2014/06/25/faa-model-aircraft-rules/

I respectfully request that the FAA's positions not be challenged but that we continue to suggest a best-path-forward that gets the community the maximum benefit in the shortest possible time.

The FAA can't risk the unbelievably awesome safety record that we have in the manned aircraft community. The FAA can let the UK's sUAS regulatory standards resolve the issue of small and very localized operations in the US while they continue to develop best practices for integrating UAS operations.