Besides the exam, all of these have been requirements for flying RC aircraft for ages. It's part of responsibly operating a remote device. Unfortunately, the i

Besides the exam, all of these have been requirements for flying RC aircraft for ages. It's part of responsibly operating a remote device. Unfortunately, the influx of consumer drones has set the expectation that you should be able to fly anywhere you want. That simply hasn't been the case for any RC aircraft for a long time.