Comment Re:A true legend (Score 4, Interesting) 292
You make it seem like the FAA cares. I was at a shopping center just yesterday, less than a mile from a major airport and less than 1000 feet directly under the flightpath. It's a very busy airport. Yet there I was, in this shopping center featuring an adhoc carnival and there's a drone zipping around taking video or whatever.
The drone was being flown by the county recreation authority running the carnival because they wanted good publicity photos. Just for photos, Not public safety. Not operated by law enforcement. When I pointed out there's an airport RIGHT THERE! They dismissed it with "Oh it's ok. We're the county. We can do what we want."
The FAA may care. And people who don't want to see accidents may care. But everybody else just wants to do whatever they want.