Guys, do your research please. In the UK the CAA are far from being behind the curve. They are actually leading the field in regulating commercial drone operation. You need a 'permission to work' before being allowed to operate commercially. This involves ground school and a written exam, writing an OM-A and B and getting it approved and successfully passing a flight test with an examiner, carrying specialist insurance, providing a written risk assessment for every job, keeping log books for the machine and pilot and charging records for every battery. It's not something that everyone is going to put themselves through. Most of the more commonly used drones have software that prevents them from flying too close to airports, flying above 400 feet or more than 500 meters from the operator (these are the legally established limits which also include not flying in vis below 5k, within 50 mtrs laterally and vertically of persons, vessels, vehicles and structures not under your direct control etc ).
The main problem is that anyone can buy one. The best regulation would probably be to prevent purchase of a machine unless the buyer can prove that they are suitably qualified.
There is vast potential for valid commercial use of drones and they are definitely here to stay but maybe there are a lot of operators on here who are against them because they will surely take a lot of work from helicopters?
. And just to put my head right above the parapets, I am a fixed wing ATPL who also operates a drone business.....