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Mr. Luddite

On 12/15/2015 1:55 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:23:58 -0500, John H.
wrote:

The people doing the most complaining of drones operated by hobbyists
are private and commercial pilots. They are the ones pushing the FAA
for the enforcement of regulations regarding their use. The
regulations exist. Registration is an attempt to further enforcement.

I can attest from experience that a sudden, unexpected distraction at
a critical moment in your approach to landing could cause an accident.
Birds are a problem (especially seagulls in our area). So are idiots
flying drones near an airport.

I played golf with a pilot Sunday. He's concerned about drones, but thinks a bigger
problem is lasers. He said he knows several pilots who've quit flying because of
lasers.

I think that may be a bit overblown too.

A drone could definitely damage an engine, but it's doubtful whether it could bring a
plane down.

I have not even heard of a drone caused accident. It is just people
offended that someone else is in their "space".
Fully registered planes with licensed pilots have caused far more
close calls than drones and more than a few fatalities. Maybe they
were "aware" enough. Charge them another $5 to tune them up.

Amazing. "... people offended that someone else is in their "space".

A pilot on final shouldn't be concerned with a nitwit flying a drone or
RC aircraft. He has enough to be focused on, especially when his
aircraft is in a vulnerable place and flying setup. It's not an issue
of intruding on their "space".

There are really two concerns that have pushed this registration
requirement. One is the expressed concerns of pilots who put pressure on
the FAA. The other is the realization that on December 26 the number of
these are likely to increase by 50 percent overnight.

The idea is to discourage irresponsible operation *before* an accident
occurs. Registration allows the possibility of tracing a captured drone
back to it's irresponsible owner. Those who are responsible for the
safe operation of their RC's have nothing to be concerned about.