This is hardly a one off event:
"In 2014, there were four known instances of drones interfering with aerial firefighting operations" http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechc...f-firefighters

"FAA probes drone near miss with Reno Firefighting helicopter" http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-cou...ighting-copter

And now this. Five events that interfere with events that put people and millions in property at risk are hardly "one off".

I don't recall the DOT/FAA ever stating registration would fix everything or that AMA membership was mandatory. Where did you get that from?

Was the pilot in this instance a member of a CBO under self regulation? Could it be a disgruntled individual operating intentionally to cause interference?

Every commercial airliner flying over/into any major airport everyday puts people and millions in property at risk.

Not what we're talking about.

We're talking about specific examples where drones have repeatedly impacted firefighting efforts, in this latest case resulting in evacuations that likely would not have been needed had the firefighting aircraft not been grounded due to drone activity.

All the other Drone flights that caused air tankers to cease operations happened 2 years ago ... Before the public at large really realized that that flying near natural disasters might interfere with emergency operations. Now we have one indecent with Millions of Quads out there. Even Drone sightings around airports seems to be way way down from just a year ago. Congress can't even figure out what their going to do about Drones and R/C. Till they do I believe that if we stay on the reservation and

.Just fly Like U always did, Keep out of the way, and all will be OK.

Reply based on statement made.

Would two or four off be better? Cherry pick til you're hearts content....here's a stat to work on. Take the number of commercial flights per year and match that up against all of the alleged "sightings" over the past 3 years. What's the percentage?

You have more of a chance causing damage flying your heli in a park as a drone has of hitting a plane.

Comment made with respect to interfering with wildfire fighting efforts.

Oh, and airliners are a pretty safe bet here in the US. According to USDOT, in 2015, part 121 carriers flew 6,992,575 flights that started and terminated in the US. They carried 638,272,916 passengers. Zero fatalities. In fact, according to NTSB only 58 injuries of all types. So, that's a 0.0000000908 rate for even a bump on the head. Oh, and in 2014, also zero fatal mishaps. Risk of airliners flying over major cities has been, for two years, zero.

Tell that to the people who lost their homes as a result of wildfire fighting efforts being shut down. Or tell it to the firefighters who now have to work that much harder because drones shut down air support.

The sun will come up...tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow.....:o

May I suggest putting that in a letter to the Utah Governor, perhaps include something about it being a "one off" event?

There'll be sun! Just thinking about tomorrow.

Wow, my 8th grade graduation song....

Correct me if I'm wrong ... but stats show there's on average a 95% survival rate when an AIRLINER HITS THE GROUND AT DAMN NEAR MACH....who believes this dribble ??


This shi't never left he ground... worst "air" disaster known to man...run way incursion shi't... tell me again how a 3 or 4 b quad can cause such havic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sBQXS9Fn-g

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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.

Look it up for yourself:

T-100 dataset for number of flights and passengers can be found here:
http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables....Air%20Carriers

Number of injuries can be found here:
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx
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Event Start Date:1/1/2015
Event End Date: 12/31/2015
Country: United States
Operation: Part 121: Air Carrier

No one has said it isn't a serious issue, but the sensationalism some folks lavish in over isolated incidents is overwhelming.

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

Yup, just like this:

http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/19/johnny...lice-premiere/

If that's what you believe, that there aren't relative stats to show this problem is infinitesimally small, and that this latest event is being over dramatized, then put that in a letter and sign your name to it and send it to the Utah Governor, and maybe Utah's Senators as well. I think you should include the comment about the abacus for "color."

Are you saying the Governor of Utah is sensationalizing this latest event?

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/imag...quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Chris P. Bacon http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/imag...post-right.png
No one has said it isn't a serious issue, but the sensationalism some folks lavish in over isolated incidents is overwhelming.

Gees There Crispy are U accusing some one here of sensationalizing ... If U aren't I will. Even the Nightly News has given up on the Drone stuff. Or maybe there isn't any to report. Statistically saying of course.

No.