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A comment on New U.S. FAA rule requires drone owners to register by Feb 19. Parent comment

Re:New U.S. FAA rule requires drone owners to register by Fe... by code4tee on Monday December 14, 2015 @02:52PM (#10733318)
Aircraft regularly operate below 1,000 feet in urban areas when taking off or landing. Not all airports are in the middle of nowhere!

Most of these "drone sightings" being reported are near airports since that's when aircraft are flying low. There have also been cases of idiots taking drones up several thousands feet and encountering aircraft further from airports.

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Re:New U.S. FAA rule requires drone owners to register by Fe... by Someone1234 on Monday December 14, 2015 @05:16PM (#10734386)
> Aircraft regularly operate below 1,000 feet in urban areas when taking off or landing.

The very first line of what I said is: "If the drone pilot is flying outside of controlled airspace (e.g. airport, major event, etc)."

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Re:New U.S. FAA rule requires drone owners to register by Fe... by sokoloff on Monday December 14, 2015 @11:32PM (#10735943)
And the reason pilots are confused about your argument is that controlled vs uncontrolled airspace is not a useful distinction. In many parts of the US, class G (uncontrolled) airspace extends from the surface to 14,500' MSL.
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