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About Me:

Pilot, mechanic, outdoorsman. FAA ATP,A&P, CFII-MEI CE-500 LR-JET


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Two UAV type ratings (IAI Heron, Insitu ScanEagle). 4 Overseas deployments.


Hometown:

Anytown USA


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JFC17 replied to Shane Wall's discussion Why are we not allowed to fly commercially? Seriously, give me one reason besides "safety" (This article pertains to small drone operators only - phantoms etc..)
"Clap clap clap! Education and certification in the community is the key."
Aug 10, 2015
JFC17 replied to Shane Wall's discussion Why are we not allowed to fly commercially? Seriously, give me one reason besides "safety" (This article pertains to small drone operators only - phantoms etc..)
"Sweet, one of those sanctimonious "ban what I don't like" posters! Who uses insults instead of logic, history, and statistics.

Too bad if we eliminated the cities with the most draconian gun control we would be in the bottom 5 countries as they…"
Aug 10, 2015
JFC17 replied to Shane Wall's discussion Why are we not allowed to fly commercially? Seriously, give me one reason besides "safety" (This article pertains to small drone operators only - phantoms etc..)
"Magnus,

"Flight plans" don't work that way but you're on the right track.  There are a large number of flights in the NAS which take place without a flight plan under (VFR) Visual Flight Rules. 
What can be done is allowing trained operators to…"
Aug 10, 2015
JFC17 replied to Shane Wall's discussion Why are we not allowed to fly commercially? Seriously, give me one reason besides "safety" (This article pertains to small drone operators only - phantoms etc..)
"What an absolutely ignorant statement and you're exactly the type of person that will setback small unmanned aircraft flying in the NAS due to your unwavering hubris.
Are you not aware that there are nearly 30,000 firearms laws in the United States…"
Aug 10, 2015
JFC17 replied to Shane Wall's discussion Why are we not allowed to fly commercially? Seriously, give me one reason besides "safety" (This article pertains to small drone operators only - phantoms etc..)
"We are a nation of laws, that's the long and short of it. 

The US is the only country in the world where the NAS is "owned" by the citizens. Those citizens have authorized an administrator to regulate that airspace and since there are…"
Nov 25, 2014