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Mark my words, the next step in regulation will be a requirement to have a spotter present if you are using a drone for any type of aerial photography.
Within the last year, the Michigan State Police was the first police agency in the nation to be granted permission by the FAA to use a sUAV. MSP went out and bought a Aeryon Skyranger ($150,000). If you aren't familiar with that model, it's a military quad the size of a Phantom 3 and is solely controlled by a GS type program on a tablet. It has a FLiR, etc.
Here's the catch, the FAA gave them permission to use the sUAV but requires them to operate it ONLY with team of 2, one pilot and an Observer. Oh yeah, AND they must maintain LOS!!
Keep in mind, this is a State Police Department that is operating a $150,000 MILITARY GRADE sUAV that the general public can't buy. Not Joe Blow who can't figure out how to update the firmware on his new P3P.
So, if the FAA imposed this rule on a law enforcement agency, it'll be coming to us as well.
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