Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
The drone pilot was likely recreational and thus it was legal to be at 1,000 feet. The rule is see and avoid. So if it was a near miss the airliner was as much at fault. Why did he not move away from the drone?
Come on , sport , are you really that uninformed of our safety code , or are ya just trollin for reactions to your "out there" nonsense ?
Let me clue ya in , and again I'll quote the AMA safety code directly ....
Document 105
Paragraph A
Subheading 1,a
CLEARLY states ;
"MODEL AIRCRAFT PILOTS WILL YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ALL HUMAN CARRYING AIRCRAFT"
Now , if you say the quad in question was being operated under recreational rules , could you please explain exactly which part of the above captioned statement you seem to have a problem grasping ? Cause to the rest of the AMA membership who actually abide by the safety code , YOUR notion of a jetliner having to evade some idiot with his toy in the wrong place would be downright laughable if not so patently moronic .