Please excuse the following rant, but I am on a roll today over some of the attitudes.
This drone aerial photography craze that is going on right now is temporary.
The winners will be those guys and gals that won't do any job that isn't fun for them.
Their goal will be to earn enough so that the Phantom 5 Pro Obsidian Platinum Plus V3.6 that they are waiting for will be free to their budget. They will buy new batteries props and perhaps a tablet or two along the way with what they earn also.
They will enjoy doing the photography that they want to do, at a profit if they choose to. As people get to know them they will accidently fall into a part-time business that they will not allow to get to big to be fun. They will have fun and pocket some reasonable cash.
Now for everyone who thinks drones are a staircase to the stars, please consider car, car insurance, drone, backup drone, health care insurance, liability insurance, house payments, property taxes, home insurance.
Now, how much can you make an hour (not how much you plan to charge an hour)? How many hours of photography does it take to pay all the above, which does not consider things like food, clothing, etc..
So, how many billable photography hours do you need to live the life you are dreaming of?
Now, how many billable 'photography' hours will you have a day, week, month, year? Do the math.
If you are billing by the job, you will wind up with the same issues as the 'by the hour' guy.
IN ANY PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS, SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.