To be fair, I think it's good advice for most people to just avoid the situation entirely. I highly doubt the average drone owner knows or considers anything more than the ultra basic things in the TRUST test, if they even took it. I think the...
There are plenty of things to 'spy' on there. It may or may not have been the airport itself. Perhaps they were 'spying' on something more specific like a particular flight, plane (not necessarily a commercial airliner), routine/process...
These guys were clearly in the wrong from what little reporting we have so far so it will be interesting to see what the state charges end up being and the penalties.....before the FAA gets involved. As usual will wait for the details and so far...
Yeah, I remember those, had one myself, they were flogged here in South Africa too, was about the time I stopped buying Levi jeans and Caterpillar boots because they came loose at the seams and sported 'Made in China under licence' labels...