Originally Posted by
PA28161
Total ban on sales of these in the UK, and anyone found in possession at airport or or elsewhere face confiscation of the item. It may upset legitimate users but better that than for the inevitable to happen. These things are at least a damn nuisance and at worst downright dangerous in the hands of brainless thick-heads.
Legitimate commercial users will have a PfCO (Permission for Commercial Operations) issued by the CAA as per ANO 2016 and CAP 722, and will have had their remote pilot competence assessed and been made to develop an ops manual as part of the process.
Recreational users on the other hand... legally drones fall under "model aircraft", so you'd have to totally ban sales of all model aircraft. Or come up with a legal definition which distinguishes between "traditional" model aircraft and drones. But then wouldn't you be able to pull pretty much the same stunt with a traditional model aircraft?