FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals

Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by yason on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:43PM (#18170675)

That's the problem with jerks. The other problem with jerks is that they don't follow any rules anyway while the good guys get to deal with the added bureaucratic overhead.

How do the rules prevent a jerk from buying a drone (with cash, to remove even the faintest connection to himself) and go fly it near the local approach to film landing planes from air? There's no way to trace it back to you even if the authorities found the serial number from the wreckage.

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Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by vkou on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:18PM (#18170929)

Laws don't prevent me from murdering my neighbour. But they do give the authorities a hammer that they can use, should I choose to.

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Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by leetcrew on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:14PM (#18171375)

yes, but people who violate section 336 were already subject to fines up to $250k and possible jail time. they don't need a bigger hammer to threaten hobbyists with.

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Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by yason on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:57AM (#18173840)

A lone drone pilot from the bush can easily avoid that hammer with trivial precautions.

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