More congressional hot air. They need to sit back and let the FAA figure this out.
All of the problems are being caused by people who break the law. Every single commercial drone pilot is tested and licensed by the FAA. Their aircraft are registered.
This is no different than solutions designed by gun-grabbers: these idiots want to punish law-abiding citizens while doing NOTHING to solve the problem. But they do get to hear the sound of their own voices.
If they were serious about this, Congress would have passed HR4 instead of HR302 as the FAA Act of 2018. HR4 had a section ordering the FAA to do extensive collision research between drones and aircraft up to and including “commercial jet airliners of various sizes.” It also directed FAA to conduct “probabilistic assessment of risks” BEFORE certifying large, military drones to operate in civilian airspace. Oddly,those sections were completely absent from the version that the Senate passed.
A month after it was signed into law, the DoD released their new policy on operating drones in domestic airspace, and a month after that, the first Predator was certified by FAA to operate in the NAS. You’re worried about an 8 lbs. hobbyist drone? A Predator weighs 4000 lbs. Enjoy being part of the experiment…
BTW, that DoD policy on domestic use of military drones was signed by Sec. of Defense James Mattis on August 18th 2018. They didn’t release it until November, AFTER the FAA Act that loosened the certification of military drones had passed the Senate. And less than a month after that, the first horse had escaped the barn. Isn’t that a kooky coincidence?
More congressional hot air. They need to sit back and let the FAA figure this out.
All of the problems are being caused by people who break the law. Every single commercial drone pilot is tested and licensed by the FAA. Their aircraft are registered.
This is no different than solutions designed by gun-grabbers: these idiots want to punish law-abiding citizens while doing NOTHING to solve the problem. But they do get to hear the sound of their own voices.
There will be some domestic or foreign terrorist drone operator who will bring an airliner down. Not a matter of if, but when.
If they were serious about this, Congress would have passed HR4 instead of HR302 as the FAA Act of 2018. HR4 had a section ordering the FAA to do extensive collision research between drones and aircraft up to and including “commercial jet airliners of various sizes.” It also directed FAA to conduct “probabilistic assessment of risks” BEFORE certifying large, military drones to operate in civilian airspace. Oddly,those sections were completely absent from the version that the Senate passed.
A month after it was signed into law, the DoD released their new policy on operating drones in domestic airspace, and a month after that, the first Predator was certified by FAA to operate in the NAS. You’re worried about an 8 lbs. hobbyist drone? A Predator weighs 4000 lbs. Enjoy being part of the experiment…
BTW, that DoD policy on domestic use of military drones was signed by Sec. of Defense James Mattis on August 18th 2018. They didn’t release it until November, AFTER the FAA Act that loosened the certification of military drones had passed the Senate. And less than a month after that, the first horse had escaped the barn. Isn’t that a kooky coincidence?