Adding the enforcement of drone flying to the FAA is a net loss. Not enough need vs the amount of manpower needed to cover the grid.
No easy way to integrate it into existing FAA operations.
Realistic enforcement of FAA rules
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No easy way to integrate it into existing FAA operations.
I would never even dream of bending NFZ rules. But I. The US there are so many overlapping restrictions of when and where you can and cannot fly, with few convenient ways to get authoritative information that I sometimes say f-it and just fly unless there is an explicit and we'll documented prohibition.
The difference here is when a car goes 1mph over the speed limit, the risk of a catastrophic crash is not substantially increased. Cars don't run the risk of losing control just because they go over the PSL which is often posted unusually low and far below the car's capabilities under the conditions. When a car goes awry, there are all kinds of systems and safeguards and barriers in place to mitigate the possible damage and while they are not foolproof, the risks have been dramatically lowered lately.
With a drone, if you lift off the ground and something goes wrong, the drone could lose control and find it's way to do much harm to or interrupt aircraft traffic or at a minimum, increase the risk to manned aircraft. Unfortunately drones are not yet at the point where they don't seem to easily get away from their pilots and unfortunately we are not yet at the point where we can trust them fully once they get off the ground. The aircraft industry has done next to nothing (that I am aware of) to protect their aircraft from drones. Until the drone gets to the point where it is no longer on the short end of the stick and taken seriously, we should expect the lion's share of the safety obligation to rest with the drone and the drone operator to prevent catastrophe, to operate under strict rules, and bear the burden of almost any responsibility in the event of crash.
Did Mr. Newdrone leave a paper trail at Amazon? Yes, he did. This is relevant because FAA is now engaging with FBI on some investigations, as reported around the L.A. wildfires.
I think this means that sales records could be acquired that link an unregistered drone to Mr. Newdrone, just from the broadcast RID serial number.
That's not exactly what I saw. I saw law enforcement going door to door knocking on doors asking people if they are flying drones hoping to basically gather innocent confessions. I honestly think there are zero steps in place to fight this in a legal setting as an amazon receipt simply won't do the trick.
you make a good point. I have had great luck with my DJI drones but if the tablet failed, etc... then I would have issues. thank you.
Instead of trying to catch looters and thieves committing violent property crimes, the police are scouring the neighborhood looking for drone flyers. There are no reliable investigative techniques they can use so instead they knocking on doors or go up to people and ask them if they are flying a drone and if they shake their head, the response is "are you sure?" in a disarming innocent way trying to illicit a confession. Registration, RID, and other tools just aren't working I guess.
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