I have to be "qualified" to fly a drone and rescue my family in a dire emergency? Since when?
This isn't about me, I'd just like to hear your opinion if you care to share it please. Otherwise, no problem.
We're not trying to fold amateur recreational untrained drone flyers and their consumer drones into a formal search and rescue process. Only asking for a minor exception to the process only in extreme times of emergency (maybe once or twice a...
As one who sometimes relied on highly organized and well-trained volunteer groups to augment National Park Service personnel in wildland fire suppression and in searches and rescues or recoveries, I might agree with you. But, as always, the...
Volunteer drone operators could be force multiplier to search and rescue operations if there's a framework in which they can operate safely. It is time for first responder SAR personnel to come up with ideas in how sUAS, helicopters, and other...