Professional Surveyor Magazine 's Bryant criticizes the UAS community for second-guessing
FAA's advisory because of lack of detail 'no commercial use'. This is not the UAS community
problem, it is the FAA's problem. The court has ruled 91-57 to be an advisory not a law.
If you are referring to the May 2014, article titled "UAS and the FAA", by Bryan Baker(?)...
I found the tone of the article is written to make plain 'ol regular land surveyors think they don't have a chance in h*** of ever taking to the skies. Bryan makes it sound like only astronauts could be be able to satisfy the extremely rigorous training/tests to operate sUAS (complete with having commercial pliot licenses...I'm sure the big old photogrammetry companies would love to see the final rules be this way in order to allow them to maintain their monoply on pictures from the sky).
Also, from the article, "Of course, the assumption here is that land surveyors do not want to purchase a UAS system for chasing their dog around the back yard, taking photos of their kids from the air, or other hobbyiest activities using the strictest definition of the word "hobbyist." The temptation for many people would be to cross the hobbyist line into the professional line. While many people would see this as an issue of semantics, a gray area, or a technicality, the FAA does not."
Well, I am a hobbyist. And, I am a professional land surveyor. I also fly RC models, and am a member of AMA. I also take pictures from the air. Is Bryan suggesting the FAA has a problem?
