Researchers say FAA is overblowing risk posed by small drones

Re:Researchers say FAA is overblowing risk posed by small dr... by wyager on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @03:52AM (#11295688)

>There's no downside to the FAA for overblowing risks

Huh? There obviously is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_assessment

There are probably tens of millions of dollars (at least) of lost productivity every year due to the FAA's excessive heavy-handed rules on electronics use during taxi/takeoff/landing.

Banning cell phones during certain parts of flight is essentially just as nonsensical as the example in your last paragraph.

>but there's really no drawback to the FAA for imposing a drone ban.

That is extremely myopic. The most obvious downsides of excessive regulation of UAVs is the suppression of innovation and experimentation with cutting edge vehicle tech. And, of course, most people put some stock in the value of having fun.

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Re:Researchers say FAA is overblowing risk posed by small dr... by aparadja on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @06:41AM (#11296274)

You might have misread the parent comment. It said "no downside to the FAA for overblowing risks" and "no drawback to the FAA for imposing a drone ban".

I think the point was that FAA does useless and harmful things because they don't have to pay the price themselves.

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