All of the recent reports of drone operators being contacted lately has been very disheartening to me, and I feel like they need to stop. If anyone agrees with my thoughts here I strongly urge you to contact the FAA, hopefully we can stop this FAA practice before someone gets hurt! I sent this to the Greensboro, NC office but will also be sending it to my local FAA office as well.
Good afternoon,
I am writing to you today with a growing concern about the way your office has been contacting drone operators. Based on a few online resources, in particular www.phantompilots.com, there are a few accounts of people being contacted by the FAA(particularly your office) with ways such as YouTube and Facebook.
Now obviously I'm not saying the FAA should not try to contact anyone in violation, but doing so with mediums that can easily be faked and manipulated could cause problems for both operators and the FAA. What happens when a scamartist starts passing out fines via facebook? Or a rapist/thief/murderer decides to have a 'one on one' with a young child.
I hope you are able to read this e-mail with an open mind and see where I am coming from on this one. I would very much like to hear your thoughts and possible changes you may make.
Thank you for your time,
Good afternoon,
I am writing to you today with a growing concern about the way your office has been contacting drone operators. Based on a few online resources, in particular www.phantompilots.com, there are a few accounts of people being contacted by the FAA(particularly your office) with ways such as YouTube and Facebook.
Now obviously I'm not saying the FAA should not try to contact anyone in violation, but doing so with mediums that can easily be faked and manipulated could cause problems for both operators and the FAA. What happens when a scamartist starts passing out fines via facebook? Or a rapist/thief/murderer decides to have a 'one on one' with a young child.
I hope you are able to read this e-mail with an open mind and see where I am coming from on this one. I would very much like to hear your thoughts and possible changes you may make.
Thank you for your time,