I actually think you are missing my point. We have no control of birds in the air but we can certainty control drones. A few years ago who thought about all the restrictions that are happening now. Thanks to all the stupid people doing all the stunts without regard for others have brought this on us. And they are still doing it. We have FAA suggestions and regs on how to fly. Many will not follow this. Many are on this forum. I can tell by their posts.
I think you are missing the point. No one is condoning flying near an airport or in excess of 400'. But the media (and even the FAA) is spamming people with information that drones are going to cause a plane to crash. You just need to read the replies to the article linked by the OP. People should be more in fear of their plane hitting a bird then a drone.... and that happens all of the time! What this means is people should not fear a drone hitting their plane and we should not need to make _more_ laws limiting drone flight as they are not needed.