Originally Posted by
HoundDog
That's what the Commercial DRONE ticket is for. I'll bet U can make BIG money too ... LOL Did U see where UPS pilots just signed a new contract while (after 5 years with out a contract) A caption gets a $60 000 signing bonus and a first officer gets $40 grand. then The average UPS pilot covered by the contract earns $238,000 annually, UPS said in 2015. Captains, who rank higher than first officers, are guaranteed $255,128 and typically earn about $290,000, per year.
I don't think Drone Plots will come any where close to this, but one can only Hope.
There's money in it, for sure. I was at the NEAT Fair this past weekend and ran into a fellow that used to fly at our field. His name is Eric Maglio...the guy is an absolute genius. 8 years ago this guy (actually pretty young) was doing amazing stuff with building and UAS type of flying, in fact at one of our shows we featured him and his friend flying demos with hoods covering their heads, and he went into the woods looking for lost planes, and found some! Anyway, check out this project he worked on at school:
http://www.flitetest.com/articles/no...b-design-build
He's got some Youtube videos of this aircraft flying. That project got him an immediate job offer from Northrup Grumman right out of school in 2014. Since then he has started his own company primarily designing and building UAV aircraft for commercial and industrial use. There's money in them thar hills, that's for sure!