ianwood said:Cars, planes, helicopters, pedestrians all put each other at risk all day long without prior consent with much more deadly consequences. My 2kg flying chicken hovering 150ft over the center of a street is the smallest of present threats to anyone underneath it.
And as for giving ammunition to the media, the FAA, etc., that horse has already bolted. We're already pariahs. We have nothing to lose at this point. The FAA is going to crush us with restrictions no matter what.
By flying in downtown LA, I am building public awareness. I get an overwhelmingly positive response every time. People ask where they can get one. iPhones come out by the dozen to take pictures.
We need to fight fire with fire. For every negative that is painted about "drones", we need to demonstrate something positive.
We're not talking about cars, planes, horses, pigs or any other manor of convoluting the issue.
And the idea that there is no way to make things worse is naive at best, disingenuous at worst.