Recent content by Buk

While I have sided with the operator of the drone in these stories, my opinion is different based only what I’ve read in the account. This person need mental health assistance before something more serious occurs and the incident most likely will not involve a drone. The fine is excessive and...

Follow up, Has the AMA been legally “approved” as a CBO under the new rules? Has any organization been approved?

Forgive my confusion, when the AMA sends out email with these paragraphs, “First, we’ll share a bit of background. Throughout the past few years, thousands of new recreational drone users and more than 400,000 new commercial drone operators have entered the airspace. Late last year, Congress...

I've misplaced the URL for the list of new drone committee members. Perhaps someone else has it and can post it. https://www.suasnews.com/2019/05/faa-highlights-changes-for-recreational-drones/ https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-10169.pdf

“Flying skills”...yes, many folks on this list may have better flying skills than a “corporation’s educated” (my phrasing) flight crews. Better educated, we would hope yes, your students would/should be better educated.

If I copied link properly, here is audio: LiveATC Discussion Forums - Index

I was going to make a snide remark about pilots, but some are drone operators.

I just don’t appreciate being called an “absolute” idiot. I mean there’s days or moments of being partial, but never absolute.

Quoting Patrick Egan, Quote “We need a follow up on how the big companies are stealing your future and the @modelaircraft took the deal to lock up the CBO at the expense of the unaffiliated RC hobbyist. Or should I say future mandated members.” Unquote I believe I’m an “unaffiliated RC...

Where can I find a point by point discussion of the problems the AMA or a drone organization/publication finds in the proposed regulation. I don’t want a “on the whole this is bad for us”, but rather “section X, sentence Y now prohibits Z” or “section X sentence Y now permits Z”. Being a bit...

I feel a bit short-sighted if I believe unmanned aircraft won’t force a change in manned aircraft rules. Autonomous craft (Uber, UPS, DHL, FedEx, Amazon) will carve out a section of the NAS and manned aircraft will need to stay out. Hobbyists will see a ceiling of 300’, piloted Part 107 VLOS a...

This tv station doesn’t have their own drone operators to review the footage? All four of the local stations here have drones, drone pilots and camera operators. A lot of positive PR comes from their presence.

Gosh, I’m confused. I thought I did a search of rules before a recent vacation in Door County Wisconsin. I took a sectional chart for airport locations, but I don’t remember State Parks being NFZ. If I go back, where is that law/regulation/guideline written.

Thank you for being a proactive controller on the job and for commenting here. I appreciate receiving the info.

I’ve often wondered what the ATC does with the notification. Is it recorded (written down) in some fashion? Is the information “broadcast” to manned aircraft? Traffic rerouted? Is the ATC proactive, or is the notification just used retroactively to pursue the UAV operator following an incident...