Helicopter businesses losing to drone operators

[AlanTheBeast]

Heli goodbye? Souped-up drones cutting into helicopter film biz

 

[Mr G]

I'm sure they are, since drones can do most of the aerial photography just as well. Perhaps those helicopter pilots should buy a good drone and get business both ways?

 

[AlanTheBeast]

I'm sure they are, since drones can do most of the aerial photography just as well. Perhaps those helicopter pilots should buy a good drone and get business both ways?

Exactly my thought.

Most? There's a large slice drones currently can't legally (perhaps even safely do). But there's a huge slice that drones can do that aircraft cannot.

In business you have to identify with what you're doing. You're not just a helicopter operator. You're in the aerial film business. Then move from there. To be sure some helicopter operators only see a small fraction of their business from film making. But each small slice is more bottom line money coming in.

I certainly see more and more drone footage on television. Ozarks (Netflix) for example and other series.

 

[Doecliff]

This is capitalism at its finest. It takes a pretty high end heavy lift drone to take a cinema quality camera up but movie studios are doing it. There are still limitations that a helo doesn't have (and vice versa) but the 2 compliment each other perfectly. where one is to expensive or dangerous the other takes over.