The FAA will not require a commercial pilot certificate for drone operations. The FAA considered requiring drone pilots to obtain a commercial pilot certificate, have a Class II medical ...

The FAA is taking aim at drone pilots who don’t respect the rules of the sky. The agency last week said that between October 2022 and June 2024, it levied $341,413 in civil penalties against 27 ...

There are many places to obtain this. The FAA has a complete list here. For non-recreational drone flyers, you must obtain the remote pilot certificate. The test is $175. There are numerous places ...

For drone pilots who aren’t sure about where they can fly their machine, the FAA’s B4UFLY app for iOS and Android is a useful ...

Chris Wallace, a professional drone pilot certified by the FAA, called the video "dangerous." "Very dangerous for the pilot," ...

The FAA also can suspend or revoke drone operators’ pilot certificates. “Violating the drone regulations puts lives at risk in the air and on the ground,” said FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker. “Flying ...

To the credit of the FAA, they have been granting waivers for drone pilots who make reasonable requests, as evidenced by the public list of granted waivers. But as one might expect when dealing ...

Southern New Hampshire University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate preps graduates to become certified remote pilots. In 2018, more than 1 million drones had been registered with the Federal ...

Practice, says Marc. He’s done enough of that to qualify as an FAA licensed drone pilot. He started captured.by.marc in 2021 and tells me its 600-or-so posts have lately brought him side work ...

“It’s absolutely prudent to look at how we can improve the FAA and airlines as a whole,” he added. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz “deliberately” locked himself inside the cockpit alone and ...

That tiny size also means it's exempt from FAA registration and doesn't require a drone pilot permit. It also has a feature we’ve not seen on the company’s drones before: a second button near ...

A drone flying overhead Comerica ... and another for certified remote pilots, operators who fly for commercial, government or other reasons, according to the FAA. This falls under what's known ...