UAV - I USA går det opp og ned

This government rule could cripple commercial drone flight

By Drew Harwell November 25 at 9:54 AM

Dont' have a pilot license? Don't think about it. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

One of America's most popular consumer drones, the DJI Phantom 2, is surprisingly cheap, lightweight and easy to fly, and lots of wedding photographers, farmers and real estate agents now depend on it for eyes in the sky.
But federal rules could soon require that, before flying their three-pound whirlybirds, they'll first need pilot licenses -- certification that can cost $10,000 and demand many hours flying aircraft that control nothing like a little drone.
The proposed Federal Aviation Administration rules, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, could add a big new burden onto the first generation of small businesses using drones to cheaply shoot video, map land or monitor crops.
"It costs a lot of money to get a pilot license and to maintain it, and that's not necessarily a cost that can be passed along to the customer," said Brendan Schulman, head of commercial drone law at Kramer Levin in New York. "It's a real threat to a lot of small businesses, but also the industry as a whole."