Re: Photo line etiquette

rainbowroute Wrote:
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> As a person who has been operating "drones" and
> other remotely-controlled aircraft for over 15
> years, I have two points:
>
> 1) If you are considering "self-regulating"
> drones, keep in mind that you do not regulate the
> National Airspace, the FAA does. As such, any
> flight that abides by FAA regulations in the NAS,
> especially over public lands, is completely legal
> and people should be free to do so. If the legal
> aspect doesn't convince you, keep in mind that
> forcefully bringing down a craft near people and
> equipment is incredibly stupid from a safety
> standpoint. These are not toys, and an out of
> control craft presents a significant threat to
> health and property.
>
> 2) For you drone operators overflying people and
> equipment: keep in mind that you, too are breaking
> not only common sense safety rules, but are
> breaking the community-accepted flight rules as
> established by the AMA. Not abiding by the AMA
> rules presents the hobby in bad light and also
> goes against our recently hard-won battle with the
> FAA to maintain our flight privileges. You should
> always establish a flight line that keeps people
> and equipment behind and to the side of your
> flight operations.


A good post. Thanks