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Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires by jahewson on Friday August 22, 2014 @02:24AM (#8211099)
An operator can't do anything they like, their UAS has further restrictions which would rule out automated parcel collection:

- flown a sufficient distance from populated areas

- should be kept within visual line of sight of the operator

Source: https://www.faa.gov/uas/faq/

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Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires by baddox on Friday August 22, 2014 @04:20AM (#8211299)
And, like many rules the FAA makes, there is debate over whether they have the legal authority or physical power to enforce them. That's why they took Trappy to NTSB court rather than arresting him. http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoglia/2014/04/12/faa-files-...
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