Drones - Exploding market

Now hiring: Thousands of drone pilots to fly the skies of Europe

There could be as many as 150,000 drone jobs in Europe by the year 2050, says a report out today from the EU Committee of Britain's House of Lords. Those jobs include piloting as well as manufacturing and other support work. In the US, the drone industry has claimed there'll be a similar bonanza. But there are a couple of catches.

First, people need to know how to fly them. In the UK, commercial drone pilots need a form of aviation license, and regulations ban them from being flown over built-up areas or crowds, or out of sight of the pilot. But the aviation industry is still worried. It has said that "leisure" users might at some point cause "a catastrophic accident," which could damage the growth of the industry, the report says.