Geez, whether or not that guy is actually with the FAA he's not threatening anyone, he's just trying to point out some basic regulations before someone gets themselves in trouble. As someone who's received flight training (I stopped just shy of my PPL) I can speak from experience that 99% of what the FAA is trying to do is just to protect life and property. Even the one time I messed up and ended up in the wrong airspace at the wrong time in a plane, I was just coached as to what not to do and told to have a nice day. not fined. There's a reason air travel is a lot safer than driving. If we had to go through 20% of the training to drive a car that you need before you can fly, I bet we'd see a lot less accidents.
So enjoy your hobby, be SAFE and educated, defend yourself in cases where someone is just trying to bully you because they don't understand anything about UAVs, but don't #$@ this up for the rest of us.
I know this will fall on deaf ears of people that take a complete "don't tread on me" attitude because "all laws are bad" but it saddens me that some stubborn ox is going to make us all look bad when they clip a jet or get fined for violating regulations just because they don't like them. I'd like to keep that from happening as long as possible so I can enjoy my P3 in peace.
So enjoy your hobby, be SAFE and educated, defend yourself in cases where someone is just trying to bully you because they don't understand anything about UAVs, but don't #$@ this up for the rest of us.
I know this will fall on deaf ears of people that take a complete "don't tread on me" attitude because "all laws are bad" but it saddens me that some stubborn ox is going to make us all look bad when they clip a jet or get fined for violating regulations just because they don't like them. I'd like to keep that from happening as long as possible so I can enjoy my P3 in peace.