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Not expecting FEMA to comment, let alone comment honestly, can anyone knowledgeable on the subject speculate as to what FEMA's objections might be?
by yock 13y ago
Not expecting FEMA to comment, let alone comment honestly, can anyone knowledgeable on the subject speculate as to what FEMA's objections might be?
- digikata 13y agoFrom the article, "While we were up there we noticed that Civil Air Patrol and private aircraft were authorized to fly over the small town tucked into the base of Rockies." I'm guessing that FEMA didn't feel that they had capability or procedural rules in place to safely mix manned aircraft and UAVs into the same airspace.
- pyre 13y agoAs someone else noted though, FEMA itself says that's the FAA's responsibility, even during emergency situations.
- digikata 13y agoThat would be the FAA that dragged it's feet (or was being exceptionally careful) on setting rules for UAVs, causing Congress to mandate a deadline to come out with some policy regarding UAVs.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoBe glad they're dragging their feet. Try getting the FAA to change a rule once they've made one is near impossible.
- 3am 13y agoBecause they're afraid that a uav will collide with a helicoptor or light aircraft and kill people, is my guess. It seems like a reasonable fear. They wouldn't be permitted to do the same thing near other high-traffic air corridors.
- ihsw 13y agoThe FAA manages airspace, not FEMA, and the FAA was fine with the Falcon drones patrolling.
- 3am 13y ago"It has public safety flight approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly in some parts of Colorado." <- from the article. That is hardly the same as the FAA being okay with them patrolling the area FEMA was operating in. Is there another part of the article where I'm missing something? My goal isn't to defend FEMA, per se, but this obviously a heavily one-sided article.