>There's no downside to the FAA for overblowing risks Huh? There obviously is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_assessment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/

>There's no downside to the FAA for overblowing risks Huh? There obviously is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_assessment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_assessment There are probably tens of millions of dollars (at least) of lost productivity every year due to the FAA's excessive heavy-handed rules on electronics use during taxi/takeoff/landing. Banning cell phones during certain parts of flight is essentially just as nonsensical as the example in your last paragraph. >but there's really no drawback to the FAA for imposing a drone ban. That is extremely myopic. The most obvious downsides of excessive regulation of UAVs is the suppression of innovation and experimentation with cutting edge vehicle tech. And, of course, most people put some stock in the value of having fun.