Nfhill
Well-Known Member
All any licensed airplane pilot has to do is read this forum regularly to have the holy crap scared out of them. Every single week a drone pilot posts about doing something stupid with their drone.
Mark
It is true that many people do stupid things. But, any licensed pilot that has "the holy crap scared out of them" because they are worried about colliding with a drone is living with a blindfold on as to the real dangers. Every average day in the US, three to four general aviation class aircraft crash and at least one person is killed. This has been going on forever and will continue every day into the future. Many thousands of aircraft have crashed and thousands of people have died and not a single one has been due to a collision with a UAV. Crashing due to a collision with a UAV should be the last thing any pilot should be worried about. All of their attention should be on the real dangers.
Death due to UAV should be pretty much the last thing any of us worry about. Last year, in the US, the CDC estimates that 80,000 people died from the Flue. Next time you go out in public (which is how you catch the Flue), think about that. If that isn't scary enough, errors by medical professionals cause the death of between 50,000 and over 250,000 people a year in the US. Are you thinking about visiting your doctor?
This helicopter crew have had a close encounter with a UAV at night in the dark, or perhaps not.
Nick