FAA grants UAS exemptions

A step in the right direction I hope.

Funny how I did not see Topcon, eBee, or SenseFly on the list. I keep getting the teasers from those folks and I keep responding that they should not tease me with unregulated equipment.

This is good news. Joe Paiva gave a seminar at Dimensions in which he mentioned that Trimble had applied for this exemption. Hopefully the next step is finding a way to pass it on to end users.

I still think they should require a pilot certificate for commercial operations. They did say they would have to keep the drones in line of sight contact, but I would feel better as a pilot flying around if I knew that the drones were operated by someone with the knowledge required to get a pilot certificate.

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People have been flying these under hobby rules (under 400', 3 miles from an air port, etc.) for decades. How many crashes have there been? I'd guess that number is very low, if not zero. A pilot's license seems like overkill to stop a problem that doesn't exist.

Harumph.