02/22/2020
I'm not opposed to remote id, but this should not be information that is "publicly accessible". The location of the drone operator should only be available to law enforcment and the FAA.
Here’s what prominent drone writer Christopher Korody says in his discussion of the NPRM’s privacy implications: “Providing the public with the location of the operator does not solve any security problems – and quite possibly creates new ones – so I very much hope that this is something that will be changed by public comments.”
Here’s what the Drone Pilot Ground School said in its guide to the NPRM: “Individuals who are disgruntled with a flight path passing over their yard, for example, could easily determine the location of a pilot and harass them in person for flying in a way that is legal.”
And here’s what the Alliance for Drone Innovation says in its detailed description of what the NPRM contains: “At a minimum, the FAA should confirm, reinforce and publicize that interfering with the pilot of an aircraft is a crime, by expressly creating a UAS-specific provision in the federal regulations similar to existing provisions that prohibit interference with aircraft crewmembers. The FAA should penalize, and encourage the Department of Justice to prosecute, anyone who assaults a UAS pilot during any stage of the flight operation.”
Who Should Know Where A Drone Pilot Is Located? byJulianPosted on February 19, 2020February 20, 2020 As American drone operators try to understand how the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) drone Remote Identification proposal would affect them, one of the most concerning issues is provi...
