There seems to be a big gray area with "pure hobbyist" on the left and "commercial drone operations" (let's say Amazon's hypothetical delivery service by way of

There seems to be a big gray area with "pure hobbyist" on the left and "commercial drone operations" (let's say Amazon's hypothetical delivery service by way of an example) on the right. This particular case would be one tick from "pure hobbyist". More concerning to me are those small-scale "commercial" operations that I'm seeing more and more: wedding photographers using quadcopters, or realtors taking "eagle-eye" photographs. These are "commercial" operations (even though by every other definition they would fall into the hobbyist definition[1]), so according to the FAA, they need one of two things[2]: 1. A section 33 exemption, of which only 44 have been granted. 2. A Special Airworthiness Certificate (SAC) from the FAA. Maybe the Small UAS Rule will change this for the better, but right now, this seems ridiculous. [1] https://www.faa.gov/uas/model_aircraft/ https://www.faa.gov/uas/model_aircraft/ [2] https://www.faa.gov/uas/civil_operations/ https://www.faa.gov/uas/civil_operations/