$10,000 Fine for Drone Operator? A drone operator who got footage of tornado damage in Arkansas might be fined $10,000 by the FAA. Several operators could also be fined if the FAA...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

A drone operator who got footage of tornado damage in Arkansas might be fined $10,000 by the FAA. Several operators could also be fined if the FAA decides to go ahead with this. Freedom of the press comes into play here, and the laws are vague. News like this is going to hurt the drone industry.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

It ss not about freedom of the press but flying something over a disaster area, at the risk of creating more mayhem. As to the 'drone industry' can you spell invasion of privacy first?

Once again you jump the gun and shoot your keyboard off, in the wrong forum too.

Freedom of the press. Fly one of those things over my house and I show you freedom of the press.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

jerryc41 wrote:

A drone operator who got footage of tornado damage in Arkansas might be fined $10,000 by the FAA. Several operators could also be fined if the FAA decides to go ahead with this. Freedom of the press comes into play here, and the laws are vague. News like this is going to hurt the drone industry.

Jerry, I think it has much more to do with what's in the air over our head. Since 911, the FAA has been extremely sensitive to that. The government wants the air to be clear for their drones. :-/

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Rongnongno wrote:

It ss not about freedom of the press but flying something over a disaster area, at the risk of creating more mayhem. As to the 'drone industry' can you spell invasion of privacy first?

Once again you jump the gun and shoot your keyboard off, in the wrong forum too.

Freedom of the press. Fly one of those things over my house and I show you freedom of the press.

Judging by your "Location," I'd have a only 1-in-5 chance that you'd be there. :D

Don't worry. I have no drones, and plan to stay that way.

Michael66 Loc: Queens, New York

jerryc41 wrote:

A drone operator who got footage of tornado damage in Arkansas might be fined $10,000 by the FAA. Several operators could also be fined if the FAA decides to go ahead with this. Freedom of the press comes into play here, and the laws are vague. News like this is going to hurt the drone industry.

There are drones and there are drones. Meaning, it matters a lot who is controlling them. I live in NYC and have seen a number of these things flying about with those gopro cameras attached. Not one of them knew what they were doing and flew them too close to people and cars with a number of near misses. Ban the little buggers until the FAA comes up with rules governing their operation.

GrayPlayer Loc: Granby, Ct.

There are drones and then there are "drones!" Call them "paparazzi" drones. Invasion of privacy includes invading ones personal space.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

All trap and skeet shooters - there are fresh targets out there...

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Rongnongno wrote:

Fly one of those things over my house and I show you freedom of the press.

Hey, that's really big talk!!??
Have you checked google earth lately?? I'll bet one has already flown over your house!!
What did you do about that??
Don't tell me you just sat there and took it like a child??!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hey, just saying! ;-)
SS

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

jerryc41 wrote:

News like this is going to hurt the drone industry.

Is that a bad thing?

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

FAA Wants to Issue $10,000 Fine for Drone Video Recording of Tornado Damage http://fstoppers.com/faa-wants-to-issue-10000-fine-for-drone-video-recording-of-tornado-damage

Michael66 Loc: Queens, New York

CHG_CANON wrote:

Is that a bad thing?

Its kind of funny. About 10 years ago, my daughter was into model rocketry and we had to go out to Long Island to shoot them off. They carried almost no payload, or enough to be dangerous, but they were banned. And not for the obvious reasons, as prior to 9/11 they were not banned. These drone things are dangerous in the hands of the idiots currently using them.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

Guys, MOST of the current anti-drone legislation is out of sheer ignorance.

SERIOUSLY!

State legislators hear the word "Drone" associated with killing terrorists abroad and have the knee jerk reaction of banning them, incorrectly thinking that ALL drones are dangerous and can be used for assassinations or surveillance.

The F.A.A. wants to control them because they could present a hazard to aviation.

I think they should be regulated like R.C. Model airplanes and helicopters.

Hey... that's a good question! If I put a GoPro on my R.C. model Helicopter and take pictures, can/will they fine ME $10,000?!?! :D

Michael66 Loc: Queens, New York

CHOLLY wrote:

The F.A.A. wants to control them because they could present a hazard to aviation.

:thumbup:

CHOLLY wrote:

I think they should be regulated like R.C. Model airplanes and helicopters.

:thumbup:

CHOLLY wrote:

Hey... that's a good question! If I put a GoPro on my R.C. model Helicopter and take pictures, can/will they fine ME $10,000?!?! :D

:thumbdown:

Seriously, though, I would have no issues with you, Cholly, doing this, if you had proof that you knew what you were doing, like having a drone aviation license and flew the RC device ( drone/chopper/plane ) responsibly.

10MPlayer Loc: California

jerryc41 wrote:

A drone operator who got footage of tornado damage in Arkansas might be fined $10,000 by the FAA. Several operators could also be fined if the FAA decides to go ahead with this. Freedom of the press comes into play here, and the laws are vague. News like this is going to hurt the drone industry.

I'm a land surveyor and nearly every professional land surveyor's magazine lately has an article about the use of drones in surveying. It's going to kill an emerging industry if we don't find a way to regulate their use in a way that will calm people's fears.

I think it's going to be like the irrational fear people have of radiation. Used safely to keep food fresh radiation treatment of food could revolutionize food handling. We could nearly eliminate the need for refrigeration, at least during shipping and on the store shelves. But ignorance has kept us from using it for over 50 years now.

The government that makes a practice of routinely spying on all of us without probable cause and no warrant doesn't help allay fears. It fuels them.

10MPlayer Loc: California

CHOLLY wrote:

Guys, MOST of the current anti-drone legislation i... (show quote)

I agree 100% about the ignorance. Act first and think it through ... later? ... Never! LIke someone said above, the fascist govt doesn't want private drones interfering with their own spy drones.