FAA Clears Movie and TV Drones For Takeoff

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 25, 2014 @09:47AM from the rules-rules-rules dept.

alphadogg (971356) writes "The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is taking its first major step toward opening up the skies for commercial drone use, allowing six TV and movie production companies to use drones to shoot video. Commercial flight of drones has been effectively banned by the FAA as it grapples with how to integrate drone traffic into controlled airspace while not compromising the safety of existing air traffic. But as the months have passed, it has come under increasing pressure from U.S. companies to make a ruling."

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Re:Brilliant. Got to prioritize... by Nyder · 2014-09-25 10:37 · Score: 5, Insightful

After all, TV shows are way more important than structural evaluations, aerial photography for site planning, roof inspections, and the myriad other commercial applications that are actually useful and safer than the way we currently do it. Sigh.
Not to mention they grounded search & rescue drones. http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...
It's obvious it's all about the money, not about anything else.

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