Kneepuck
Second Officer
Flight distance : 275105 ft
United States
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Yesterday, air operations were suspended because of a drone in the area where the water drop aircraft were to operate. Whoever it was flying the drone, there is a good chance they will read this post. If they do, I want them to ask theselves a question; Are you willing to have people die so you can get a video or picture that may put you in jail if you show it to anyone? What is the point of this? The water drop aircraft are absolutely vital to the fire fighting efforts. Those aircraft will not fly if there is a drone in the air, because of obvious saftey concerns. Firefighting aircraft typically operate much lower than 400 feet. They are a major part of the effort to contain the fires, especially in areas that are tough to get to on foot or with vehicles. Without them, these fires, which are already of epic, record proportions and have cost a bunch of people thier lives and a bunch more thier homes, are going to be a lot harder to contain without aircraft dropping water. Maybe even your house, or someones house you know, will burn. Maybe people you care about will die. Maybe this will be a direct result of your desire to fly and capture imagery of the action. Since you clearly don't care about rules or common sense, I do not appeal to you on behalf of our hobby. Yes, it is because of people like you that we have so many rules. But more to the point, how would you feel if bad things happen, lives are lost, property destroyed, because of you? It may have already happened. Who knows, if planes had dropped water yesterday, maybe the fires would be out, or at least under control, today. Think about it. Leave your drone on the ground. Be a human being.
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