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Pilots worry about safety of allowing domestic drones in US skies
Airline pilots and privacy rights activists are fretting over a provision of the FAA funding bill passed by Congress that would open up the U.S. skies to drones for law enforcement and other domestic use. The Senate late Monday passed a bill authorizing $63.4 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration over four years. The House passed the bill last week, and it now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. (usnews.msnbc.msn.com) 기타...
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A lot more people fly without help from ATC than you think. 95% of my flights are done without any communication from ATC, as I fly from an uncontrolled field. And yes I am very concerned about sharing airspace with a drone that may or may not see me.
I'm a thinkin' there is a requirement for a drone pilot to have situational awareness around him. In most cases there are 2 people, one observer and operating the ground cameras and one flying the thing. That said, when you put them on a computerized program to go out and back I don't know what they have instrumentation wise for avoidance. This bill, as I understand it, will just allow specific agencies to operate them, after proper application. After that, I would think actual operation would be up to the FAA. At least I would hope so.
My question is how much situational awareness can a drone have, when its operator is in a room on the other side of the world. Yeah, they can load them with sensors like radar and TCAS to detect other aircraft, but what is that going to do for the guy out cruising around in a Cub or ultralight without an electrical system.
I would hope that the TCAS and radar would get them(drones) out of the way.lol
They'll change it after a crash or 2 and few people die.
All people should be worried about is that the use of these drones goes beyond the governments legal parameters.