good, I hope they go bankrupt. These drones need to get reigned in, and it needs to be legal to shoot them down. Assholes have been disrespectful with these things from day one
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Hardy, Tim <tha...@comsearch.com> wrote: > The Federal Aviation Administration wants to levy the “largest civil > penalty” it has proposed against an unmanned aircraft system operator > “for endangering the safety of our airspace” by operating drones in a > “careless or reckless manner,” the agency said in a Tuesday announcement. > The proposed $1.9 million civil penalty against SkyPan International of > Chicago alleges that between March 21, 2012, and Dec. 15, 2014, SkyPan > conducted 65 unauthorized operations “in some of our most congested > airspace and heavily populated cities [including New York City and > Chicago], violating airspace regulations and various operating rules,” the > FAA said. The flights involved aerial photography, and the aircraft were > “not equipped with a two-way radio, transponder, and altitude-reporting > equipment,” the FAA said. SkyPan also failed to obtain a certificate of > waiver or authorization for the operations, the release said. SkyPan has 30 > days to respond to the FAA’s enforcement letter, it said. SkyPan didn’t > have an immediate comment. > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
