Originally Posted by
HoundDog
Hydro as U probably already Know the only separation of air craft the ATC is required to keep separation are those on an Instrument Flight Plan and only when in IMC. Not with standing they do try (On a workLoad Basics) try to keep other s advised of other aircraft but it is not their Job. It is still the pilots responsibility under the "Seen & Be seen concept) that the ATC system works. At least until after 1 Jan 2020 when all aircraft in controlled air space is mandated to have ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast.
Agreed but, with a quad,
THE OPERATOR ISN'T FLYING EITHER VFR OR IFR. If some one is flying LOS they wont be high enough to be and issue to aircraft so there won't be a need for ATC to be involved. That being said, if the operator has no instrumentation to fly by they can't be flying IFR. FPV isn't VFR compliant either so, that being said, ATC is powerless to do anything other than warn others the quad is there. I see this requiring quad operators to be required to have two way communication with ATC to prevent collisions in the not too distant future