Oh, quit whining. The FAA will have a "drone pilot license" test out soon. That will cover important things like how to find out if you're in an airport's controlled airspace. The sky is a busy place and has traffic rules. The FAA's proposed drone rules are quite sensible.
Meanwhile, the FAA is trying hard to prevent an accident where a drone gets sucked into a commercial aircraft's jet intake. There have been drone near-misses at Heathrow, JFK, LAX, and some smaller airports.[1]
The FAA has a long-standing approach of regulating commercial aircraft operations much more strictly than personal or hobbyist ones. "Commercial" is strictly defined to prevent someone with a private pilot's ticket and no IFR rating from running an air taxi service. The FAA has even lighter regulation for light sport aircraft and ultralights. The commercial/non commercial distinction is not new.
This reminds me of the whining from the hang glider crowd which had a popular gliding spot near LAX. The FAA and Dockweiler State Beach came up with rules, such as a top altitude of 65' AGL, to keep hang gliders from being smacked into the ground by the wake from a heavy coming into LAX.
[1] http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/10/near-miss-at-lax-m...
Meanwhile, the FAA is trying hard to prevent an accident where a drone gets sucked into a commercial aircraft's jet intake. There have been drone near-misses at Heathrow, JFK, LAX, and some smaller airports.[1]
The FAA has a long-standing approach of regulating commercial aircraft operations much more strictly than personal or hobbyist ones. "Commercial" is strictly defined to prevent someone with a private pilot's ticket and no IFR rating from running an air taxi service. The FAA has even lighter regulation for light sport aircraft and ultralights. The commercial/non commercial distinction is not new.
This reminds me of the whining from the hang glider crowd which had a popular gliding spot near LAX. The FAA and Dockweiler State Beach came up with rules, such as a top altitude of 65' AGL, to keep hang gliders from being smacked into the ground by the wake from a heavy coming into LAX.
[1] http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/10/near-miss-at-lax-m...