Yes, mega corporations flexing their lobbying power to influence government in a manner that gives them more control and profits is a conspiracy theory. Nutball territory right there. ?
6. Connectivity For standard remote identification UAS, the FAA is proposing in § 89.310(f)(1) and § 89.310(f)(2) that if the internet is available at takeoff, the unmanned aircraft would be required to be designed and produced so that it would not be able to take off unless it is connected to the 133 internet and transmitting the message elements in proposed § 89.305 through that internet connection to a Remote ID USS.
Amazon wants to use drones for delivery and uses their lobbying power to expand what they are allowed to do. (Yeah, I agree that sounds believable) Amazon lobbies the government to stop hobbyists flying so that Amazon has "clear skies" and makes "profits" that my non-commercial drone would be eroding... (That's just silly - you are not in their way - they just don't care)
Numerous things that an every day reality today would have sounded silly 20 years ago. Talk to me 20 years from now when the only drones in the sky are those of the commercial persuasion. Won’t be silly then, we’ll all be sitting around wondering what happened.
arstechnica.com
Pleasing big commercial interests IS The goal. In order for the commercial drone industry to flourish the corporations have to bring the pesky hobbyists to heel. It’s happening before our eyes, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Say bye bye to the hobby and hello to faster/more convenient deliveries. It’ll take years, quite possibly 10-15 or more, but it’s clear where this is headed. Nobody has enough money (read: power) to take on Amazon alone, let alone when you combine it with UPS, FedEx and the rest. Might as well put a fork in it and enjoy the last few years left remaining before this takes full effect and starts expanding and adding on even more. Some people though won’t notice what’s happening for a long time, boiling frog syndrome unfortunately.Here's an article on the proposal. Seems like one objective was to please the big commercial operators like Amazon wanting to deliver packages.
FAA announces new system for remotely identifying and tracking drones
The new system will help enable large-scale commercial use of drones.
But drones have to report when they go farther than 400 feet from "base station."
So do hobbyists have to make way for big commercial drone operators now, in addition to manned aircraft? And be pretty much restricted to a 400 feet radius of the launch point?
I like how it talks about tracking drones for potential terrorist operations. It's going to use scare tactics to try to get public support for this regulation. If a terrorist tried to fly a compliant drone with some kind of deadly payload, sure it may ping the FAA to let it know where it is, but what can they do to stop it? They won't know ahead of time that it's being used for terrorist attack until it's dropped its payload.
Then they can go back and see the logs showing where it started and where it went? Big whoop!
Agreed. I’ve been trying to open people’s eyes about what’s really going on but some people just refuse to see what’s right in front of them. Using “safety” to please corporate puppet masters and take away our freedoms and joys out of life is the oldest trick in the book. I just don’t understand how so many still just eat up whatever the government tells them without question. There are some well-meaning people on this forum who are honestly just concerned about safety and welcoming of new regs thinking that they’ll actually save the hobby but there is definitely a need for a healthy dose of skepticism.
