Micro Unmanned Systems Petition
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Bartman
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"....The FAA has taken the position, and the NTSB Board recently ruled in a penalty adjudication case, that all of these
devices fall into the statutory definition of “aircraft” under Title 49.5 If the FAA is correct that no
aircraft may be operated for a business purpose without a private or commercial pilot certificate,
the decades-long license-free operation of devices listed in Part 101 is incomprehensible. The
better explanation is that not every operation of an “aircraft” requires a pilot certificate and that the
FAA is not mandated by statute to impose a pilot “certificate” requirement for the new category of
devices known as unmanned aircraft systems, but is free to waive the requirement...."
"....The FAA has taken the position, and the NTSB Board recently ruled in a penalty adjudication case, that all of these
devices fall into the statutory definition of “aircraft” under Title 49.5 If the FAA is correct that no
aircraft may be operated for a business purpose without a private or commercial pilot certificate,
the decades-long license-free operation of devices listed in Part 101 is incomprehensible. The
better explanation is that not every operation of an “aircraft” requires a pilot certificate and that the
FAA is not mandated by statute to impose a pilot “certificate” requirement for the new category of
devices known as unmanned aircraft systems, but is free to waive the requirement...."