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Originally Posted by 911_Dude
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I can understand what you are saying, but what does getting a pilot license have to do with making the safest UAV pilot? Especially when any kid can master a quadcopter in an hour. I think much more fitting would be a ground school and test so a "pilot" knows the rules. Then some basic quad copter flight test. There is very little correlation with flying UAVs and real planes. Why the UASF spends the money to send a guy through pilot training only to go to a UAV squadron is beyond me, as well as why someone would have to shell out thousands to get a pilot rating he doesnt need.
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If someone is operating a UAV as a commercial service that means a business by default. How will anyone insure that UAV? If Joe Blow civilian goes to the big boy store and orders a multiple POUND UAV and starts flying real estate or anything at all FOR MONEY, what happens when the UAV smashes into some kids head or right through a windshield of a car or truck. It will happen AGAIN and several people have been injured and at least one death is reported.
If you hired him or did the UAV flight yourself and a property loss or injury occurs, who pays? Part of running any business is insurance. We have clients that insist on 5 million of coverage for us to put a very experienced pilot in a real airplane with real inspections and all the legal licenses just to fly over their site at 2,000 feet. We have been flying commercially since 1947 with not one single incident of any sort. We have to play by the rules. Why should a UAV just get to make up the rules as they go?
There HAS to be some rules and laws. Coming up with fair and equitable rules is the tough part.