Being a law abiding type of person I took the test and registered myself with the CAA. The question I have is...what is the point and what if any benefits do we get? Or is this just a money generation exercise?
Ah, no idea about UK side regulations then ?No I’m UK based so here it’s the CAA..but I assume that you guys Stateside are similarity governed and have to pay for the service the FAA impose?
This is an international forum. You need to get used to the idea that you’ll be speaking to people from all over the planet. It’s a good idea to check the location in the posters profile (most people have it showing).1. You mean the FAA right?
2. Each drone needs to have a registration number on it, so the owner can be identified in case you fly/crash somewhere illegal.
3. $5 should just be in place to not let anyone register a drone without one
To pay for the database and software to store all of our info, and to pay staff to maintain it and ignore any emails, phone calls etc. It’s ridiculous.
You’d think at the very least they’d use the info they collected to keep people up to date with the regulations. The number of people I’ve spoken to that have no ideas the laws are changing is shocking.
Wow, looks like others with common sense noticed the arbitrary taxes also.
Government's idea of doing good is tracking who owes them money.
Its nasty as the FAA and other country's equivalent only care about safe flying, as they themselves fly or are involved so don't want to over-regulate themselves. But then you have the drone suckers. Nothing real to enforce, as you won't stop criminals purposefully flying into controlled airspace. So let's just tax them, to remind them who was there first (in the US).
Here is the test - if you cannot talk to real pilots in the air, and they cannot access info relating to drones nearby, its all fake.
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