There is adequate proof that the inclusion of drone technology within the Insurance industry may provide win:win results for insurers and insureds. The risk with drone technology in America is our propensity to take a good thing, overuse it and abuse it until it becomes a detriment to all. We should never allow private third party entities to “spy” on us then sell the information as “public knowledge” to regulatory agencies who will use it to assess new and extensive fines and fees.
The attitude of the UPS pilot is one I find unsurprising. I have been flying radio control (R/C) aircraft for 34 years. Over those years, I have taught many others to fly R/C. And as a group, the hardest people to teach R/C are full size pilots. They bring preconceived notions from the full size world which are, in the R/C world, at best irrelevant, at worst dangerous.
I don’t know how much experience this UPS pilot has flying R/C, but it would not surprise me to learn that it is little to none. On that basis, who is the more dangerous? Him? Or me? The idea that he can get a waiver because he has a pilot’s license, and I can’t because I don’t is not only ludicrous, it’s potentially dangerous.
Somebody should invest in Drone stock. They will be buzzing around over everyone’s house before it is said and done. Big Brother is watching.
There is adequate proof that the inclusion of drone technology within the Insurance industry may provide win:win results for insurers and insureds. The risk with drone technology in America is our propensity to take a good thing, overuse it and abuse it until it becomes a detriment to all. We should never allow private third party entities to “spy” on us then sell the information as “public knowledge” to regulatory agencies who will use it to assess new and extensive fines and fees.
They already are with computers and smart TV’s, devices put in cars to monitor driving or satellite tracking. We have less privacy than ever.
The attitude of the UPS pilot is one I find unsurprising. I have been flying radio control (R/C) aircraft for 34 years. Over those years, I have taught many others to fly R/C. And as a group, the hardest people to teach R/C are full size pilots. They bring preconceived notions from the full size world which are, in the R/C world, at best irrelevant, at worst dangerous.
I don’t know how much experience this UPS pilot has flying R/C, but it would not surprise me to learn that it is little to none. On that basis, who is the more dangerous? Him? Or me? The idea that he can get a waiver because he has a pilot’s license, and I can’t because I don’t is not only ludicrous, it’s potentially dangerous.