Ok.. so I'm professional videographer and content creator on youtube. I don't monetize my videos, but I am paid by various sponsors to create the footage. I own a DJI and just purchased an upgraded drone. The goal was to add some cool b-role footage to my content to spice things up.. Well I guess I'll hold off? I've read a lot of articles and discussions on this topic and I've yet to see this connection made.
Does it strike anyone (If I've just missed it please forgive me) that the FAA is protecting commercial pilots that have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in training and equipment? I mean if I were a pilot that made my living filming commercial events via my helicopter and now all of a sudden a 20 something could replace me with a $2000 investment and 15 minutes of flight training... I'd be pretty scared about my bottom line.
It just seems so odd to me to be so adamant about crushing any commercial use of drones that there's got to be an underlying motivation beyond "safety." I mean, I'm flying a 2.5 pound piece of plastic in an empty field to get some cutaway shots for my video.. that's illegal?? There's more to it.. we figure that out and we may have a chance.
Cheers Rick
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Ok.. so I'm professional videographer and content creator on youtube. I don't monetize my videos, but I am paid by various sponsors to create the footage. I own a DJI and just purchased an upgraded drone. The goal was to add some cool b-role footage to my content to spice things up.. Well I guess I'll hold off? I've read a lot of articles and discussions on this topic and I've yet to see this connection made.
Does it strike anyone (If I've just missed it please forgive me) that the FAA is protecting commercial pilots that have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in training and equipment? I mean if I were a pilot that made my living filming commercial events via my helicopter and now all of a sudden a 20 something could replace me with a $2000 investment and 15 minutes of flight training... I'd be pretty scared about my bottom line.
It just seems so odd to me to be so adamant about crushing any commercial use of drones that there's got to be an underlying motivation beyond "safety." I mean, I'm flying a 2.5 pound piece of plastic in an empty field to get some cutaway shots for my video.. that's illegal?? There's more to it.. we figure that out and we may have a chance.
Cheers
Rick