Originally Posted by
tomfiorentino
"I will not fly near emergency response efforts such as fires"
Straight from the FAA Safety Guidelines when one obtains a registration number to operate a drone.
Tom
Hi Tom ,
The biggest reason I took issue with the news crew using the drone footage is exactly as you say , the firefighters shouldn't have to worry about the additional consideration of the safety implications of having drones buzzing about trying to film every gory detail for the 6:00 news . The FAA and the AMA are both trying their best to promote "safe droning" and having TV news stations using unsafely obtained video just "flies in the face" of the campaign for safe droning .
Not forgotten in all this is !
This same TV news crew are the first to air the "bad bad drone" stories , from the guy that was charged for supposedly trying to look into the window of his neighbor to the criminals who use them to get drugs over the prison walls , you know , really fan the public's fears of drones for maximum rating effect . On the one hand they want the public to fear drones but on the other have no problem using video obtained from the unsafe use of one , again for the all important ratings .