Pilot challenges FAA authority to restrict use of drones.
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,937
Likes: 28
From: UK/OZ
Pilot challenges FAA authority to restrict use of drones.
An experienced video drone pilot is fighting a $10,000 fine by FAA, arguing that they acted improperly because they declared a regulation without having a "public notice-and-comment period".
A few industry bodies are supporting him, including the Motion Picture Association of America (who suggest that drones are safer on sets than manned helicopters) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International who think the US is losing billions in revenue, stating the drone industry will have an "economic impact" of $82 Billion between 2015 to 2025.
Drone Pilot Fights for Right to Profit in the Unmanned Skies | Threat Level | Wired.com
A few industry bodies are supporting him, including the Motion Picture Association of America (who suggest that drones are safer on sets than manned helicopters) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International who think the US is losing billions in revenue, stating the drone industry will have an "economic impact" of $82 Billion between 2015 to 2025.
Drone Pilot Fights for Right to Profit in the Unmanned Skies | Threat Level | Wired.com
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,126
Likes: 2
From: have I forgotten or am I lost?
ask chuck connors about the advisability of using real helicopters.
he probably wouldnt agree with you.
(chuck was decapitated by a helicopter blade during the filming of an action sequence)
he probably wouldnt agree with you.
(chuck was decapitated by a helicopter blade during the filming of an action sequence)
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 431
Likes: 0
From: KUL
(chuck was decapitated by a helicopter blade during the filming of an action sequence)
Chuck Connors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 200
Likes: 3
From: Flyin' low and feeling mean
I think you got your 60's action heroes mixed up. It was Vic Morrow of "Combat" (not Chuck Connors of Branded) who was killed filming "Twilight Zone, the Movie". Pyrotechnics wet off before the helicopter cleared the danger zone, damaging the tail rotor and Morrow and two child actors were killed during the subsequent crash. The entire sequence was of course, caught on film, which was played during the subsequent civil trial.
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 17,723
Likes: 2,093
From: Reading, UK
An experienced video drone pilot is fighting a $10,000 fine by FAA, arguing that they acted improperly because they declared a regulation without having a "public notice-and-comment period".
Sound like a very strange choice of battlefield to fight this particular war on.
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 368
Likes: 46
From: Mk. 1 desk at present...
You might want to read the actual brief:
http://www.kramerlevin.com/files/upl...A-v-Pirker.pdf
It is the most careful dissection (and absolutely damning indictment) of FAA asleep the switch, make it up as we go along 'regulation' that I've ever seen; he hands them their arses, gift-wrapped.
http://www.kramerlevin.com/files/upl...A-v-Pirker.pdf
It is the most careful dissection (and absolutely damning indictment) of FAA asleep the switch, make it up as we go along 'regulation' that I've ever seen; he hands them their arses, gift-wrapped.
