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This is worrying. The FAA was never created to regulate drones. Hobbyist pilots have been safely flying RC planes for decades. We need to return regulatory powe
by bgorman 5y ago
This is worrying. The FAA was never created to regulate drones. Hobbyist pilots have been safely flying RC planes for decades. We need to return regulatory power to legislators, not unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. Another example is the FCC- an agency created to regulate radio is now attempting to regulate internet service providers!
- DiffEq 5y agoThey were created to regulate airspace and when you have people flying drones into planes and helicopters at airports then someone needs to step in.
- bgorman 5y agoIf someone wants to intentionally fly a drone into restricted airspace, this will not stop them. Furthermore, your claims about the FAA being created to restrict airspace is revisonist at best. https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/ https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/
- DiffEq 5y agoSo it is not revisionist. Airspace rules, in large part, is what creates the safety. And of course it is not going to stop malicious people. But it will create cooperation so accidents risk is reduced and it allows for one to be punished if they disregard the rules and are caught. It is against the law for people to play on the Interstate highway and I am sure you would have a problem with it if it wasn't and some kids decided to go build a fort in the middle of one.
- FlyMoreRockets 5y agoThe FAA grew out of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 to ensure commercial development of aviation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_role_in_civil_aviation#Air_Commerce_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_role_...
- bgorman 5y agoHow are recreational drone pilots “commercial aviation”?