Originally Posted by
franklin_m
It's hazardous enough already, which is why drones interfering with these operations puts all sorts of people at risk. Airborne tankers are sometimes the only way to control a fast moving fire in remote areas. Having operations shut down due to some idiot flying a sUAS can quite easily have grave consequences.
Agree that it's very hazardous. But once again you use almost one off situations to over dramatisize something...and end with "ya tell that to the firefighters...or insert someone else here..".
So how about some relative stats. How many flights this year have involved firefighting stateside? Thousands and thousands no? How many have involved drones? A few? I left my abacus at home so can't crunch the digits, but gotta imagine the # is infinitesimally small.
If there was actually an incursion and a person was caught, they need to be dealt with as harshly as possible, made an example of, and have that publicized as much as possible. That's something I'd have no problem telling to the 'guvna