It will be a ill conceived and hastily put together, by a bunch of suits, most of whom will probably not even know what a drone is even if one crashed into then whilst playing polo, let alone ever used one, it will be a complete shambles, serving only to cause inconvenience and cost genuine drone users, whilst doing nothing to stop the rogue drone pilots who will completely ignor it and carry on as normal
I agree with the concept, but as stated by many the result will be an ill thought government brain fart. I personally feel the way forward is to tax drones, enforce liability insurance on users and electronic tagging. I have no issue with any of these and fly to the current governance already.
The alternative is likely to be yet more 'No Fly Zones' and potentially a total ban.
Maybe then it's groups like this that need to make their opinions known to the relevant departments now, before it's too late. We need to show that there are responsible, law-abiding drone flyers out there that aren't idiots and don't want to shut down airports or scare children and animals.Agree with all that. In principle its a good idea and far better than the alternatives now that the idiots have spoiled it for everyone. But i have no faith it'll be implemented fairly or sanely by the government.
I think this angle has been explored many times, the problem is 'WE' as responsible'ish pilots are not speaking out about the idiots. We need to report bad pilots to protect our interests.Maybe then it's groups like this that need to make their opinions known to the relevant departments now, before it's too late. We need to show that there are responsible, law-abiding drone flyers out there that aren't idiots and don't want to shut down airports or scare children and animals.
So true. As soon as you discuss the guidance and rules bad pilots (criminals) are happy to call you 'drone police'. Yet if I fly my drone over their house spying through the curtains they'll soon get on to the local plod.Even looking on this board alone shows a percentage of users are dont care about the rules (look at all the "how do i bypass a NFZ/altitude", "i flew 7 miles" and other type posts). The facebook groups are even worse as a ratio.
And as a whole id venture most mavic users dont use forums or the facebook groups. They buy it in a shop, they fly it, they never even consider there ARE rules etc. At least with a mandatory exam system these people can be educated.
What the hell!!So true. As soon as you discuss the guidance and rules bad pilots (criminals) are happy to call you 'drone police'. Yet if I fly my drone over their house spying through the curtains they'll soon get on to the local plod.
I've spent 5-8k on drones alone in the last 3 years so if I get upset someone is about to make my investment worthless by not sticking to some simple rules then suck it up.
I want to see prosecutions and bans handed out across the media, they can start with the many pilots on YouTube.
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So true. As soon as you discuss the guidance and rules bad pilots (criminals) are happy to call you 'drone police'. Yet if I fly my drone over their house spying through the curtains they'll soon get on to the local plod.
I've spent 5-8k on drones alone in the last 3 years so if I get upset someone is about to make my investment worthless by not sticking to some simple rules then suck it up.
I want to see prosecutions and bans handed out across the media, they can start with the many pilots on YouTube.
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Lol yes the term pilot is a little misleading... Even operator is tenuous.Again agree with all of that. The only way i can see to stop more and more draconian restrictions that affect everyone is a severe clamp down on the rule breakers to make an example of them. At least this new legislation should put it on a sound legal footing that will allow for potentially criminal charging of people who refuse to comply. Currently its mainly a civil matter with little or no enforcement. If you can start throwing ANO charges at them it'll get costly, rapidly.
*IF* nothing is done i can just see more and more restrictions to the point the sensible people cant even operate anywhere usefully.
(I dont like the term pilot as theres nothing pilot related about operating a mavic or later phantom. You're an operator but in terms of aviation skills and knowledge, exactly zero are required. And that is part of the problem).
Do you not agree Sparky? What suggestions do you have?What the ****!!