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First off guys remember to be respectful of everyone on this forum and in this thread regardless of whether they agree or disagree. That is the point of a forum and this thread to see both sides of an argument. If you go into a debate with your ears plug angry you miss the golden opportunity that is in front of us.
@SquireSCA you make a great point about the cons to using drones many that I share myself. But we would be remiss if we were to go into this thing eyes shut. For one as much as I hate the idea of drones for concerns about public safety and (as @mountainbikermark said) companies saving money by hiring some temp agent vs a qualified drone pilot, I also can see where this can be of great need. For those who are elderly or can not get out (ie wounded and disabled veterans) this would serve as a great tool to get them food, supplies, and medicines.
I personally do not want to limit the service to just the elderly or the medical industry for fears of them driving the price up (making it even harder for the elderly and our veterans to afford). Instead what people like you and myself should be concerned with is making sure we pay attention to the regulations that are in place to make sure it takes into account both public safety and limit property damage. If you see a company slacking off on safety feel free to spread the info from every means as possible. But lets also give innovation a chance.
In the end we could be right, and hopefully no one is hurt severely in the process, or we could be surprised and this turn into an industry that can be a help for many and provide jobs for those looking.
As far as people strapping c4 to it, well someone could do that now with a remote control car or remote plane so I do not want to limit innovation because of concerns about some idiot taking a tool and making a weapon out of it. My hopes (and we can express this with our feedback to companies and businesses) is that they do proper background checks and secure the drones in an area where a person can not get ahold of it. But even that will not guarantee safety. After 9/11 TSA is failing inspections left and right, 2 people managed to crash a party at the White House as well as have people land on the White House lawn. Point is with all we have in place someone will still find a way through the hopes is that we limit the damage they cause when they do.
@SquireSCA you make a great point about the cons to using drones many that I share myself. But we would be remiss if we were to go into this thing eyes shut. For one as much as I hate the idea of drones for concerns about public safety and (as @mountainbikermark said) companies saving money by hiring some temp agent vs a qualified drone pilot, I also can see where this can be of great need. For those who are elderly or can not get out (ie wounded and disabled veterans) this would serve as a great tool to get them food, supplies, and medicines.
I personally do not want to limit the service to just the elderly or the medical industry for fears of them driving the price up (making it even harder for the elderly and our veterans to afford). Instead what people like you and myself should be concerned with is making sure we pay attention to the regulations that are in place to make sure it takes into account both public safety and limit property damage. If you see a company slacking off on safety feel free to spread the info from every means as possible. But lets also give innovation a chance.
In the end we could be right, and hopefully no one is hurt severely in the process, or we could be surprised and this turn into an industry that can be a help for many and provide jobs for those looking.
As far as people strapping c4 to it, well someone could do that now with a remote control car or remote plane so I do not want to limit innovation because of concerns about some idiot taking a tool and making a weapon out of it. My hopes (and we can express this with our feedback to companies and businesses) is that they do proper background checks and secure the drones in an area where a person can not get ahold of it. But even that will not guarantee safety. After 9/11 TSA is failing inspections left and right, 2 people managed to crash a party at the White House as well as have people land on the White House lawn. Point is with all we have in place someone will still find a way through the hopes is that we limit the damage they cause when they do.
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