Just remember, those controllers are professionals and you are nothing more than a toy operator.Thanks, i will remember to avoid Gatwick in case over zealous flight controllers shut down the system and cause so much delay due to possible sightings. *According to this pretty clip*
Just remember, those controllers are professionals and you are nothing more than a toy operator.
It seems someone is trying to stamp their authority over others with any excuse possible.
Thanks, i will remember to avoid Gatwick in case over zealous flight controllers shut down the system and cause so much delay due to possible sightings. *According to this pretty clip*
Todd spent 10,000 $ + on a private airplane single engine pilot licence, Todd had dreams of a wonderful future.Just remember, those controllers are professionals and you are nothing more than a toy operator.
The OP's post in raising awareness in air traffic safety and consequential effects due to infringements, whether it's due to a drone, a balloon or a flock of birds should be taken more seriously. In this example it was reported as a drone flying in an NFZ at an international airport. Whether it has been proved to be a drone yet I don't know, but ATC reacted to a report as such. If it wasn't a drone then it's one less incident of reported dangerous drone operator use, and we can breathe a sigh of relief and trust this will relieve the pressure imposed on drone flyers. If it was a drone then we should condemn such actions without caveat, and hope that consequential penalties don't restrict our hobby/profession to extinction.
"Guessing" either way is conjecture. However, highlighting cause and effect may encourage a greater understanding from those that haven't considered the potential of the consequences of their actions and promote objective safe use rather than reactionary conjecture. And that is meant in support of highlighting potential risk from anything that may compromise air safety.I am not sure it is our duty to jump up and down every time there is a clown making headlines with clearly idiotic choices of where or how to fly.
I think that in time it should be up to airport management to put in place anti-drone technology to police its airspace.
That could be in the form of a magic disabling super ray, much better detection and tracking ability or killer attack and capture drones to be dispatched on demand.
Maybe use sat data with consent of gov to track drones that pass into airspace.
Like the claim made by the clip posted by the OP?
It's an inferiority complex. No one with any self-confidence would feel the need to denigrate the members of a nice hobby forum to make themselves feel important. He must have a very sad, little... life.
Why would anyone make a comment like this on a Mavic Pilots forum? How is this in any way helpful? And I'd wager that there are many of us here who pilot more than just Mavic drones!Just remember, those controllers are professionals and you are nothing more than a toy operator.
Why would anyone make a comment like this on a Mavic Pilots forum? How is this in any way helpful? And I'd wager that there are many of us here who pilot more than just Mavic drones!
"Pilot". Really. Ultimately lets face it, the automation in the mavic and many other drones means to operate them requires no skill set that a real pilot needs. No need for training in aerodynamics, weather, physics, collision regs, emergency procedures, nothing. You push up, it goes up, you push left it goes left.
I think a number of users get something like this and actually delude themselves into thinking they're a pilot and doing something complicated. Like it or not, we're simply operating a computer in charge on a highly automated piece of technology. Automated to the point it shields us completely from having to know how to fly.
He's right - we have a $1000 RC toy to an extent.
"Pilot". Really. Ultimately lets face it, the automation in the mavic and many other drones means to operate them requires no skill set that a real pilot needs. No need for training in aerodynamics, weather, physics, collision regs, emergency procedures, nothing. You push up, it goes up, you push left it goes left.
I think a number of users get something like this and actually delude themselves into thinking they're a pilot and doing something complicated. Like it or not, we're simply operating a computer in charge on a highly automated piece of technology. Automated to the point it shields us completely from having to know how to fly.
He's right - we have a $1000 RC toy to an extent.