Got asked to fly a survey with a drone inside class D on 48 hours…

Kai Nakamura · Pilot at Columbia Basin Aerial Survey · Portland, OR

Got asked to fly a survey with a drone inside class D on 48 hours notice. Told the client no and explained the LAANC process, the airport call, and why the authorisation exists. He went with somebody who said yes. I hope that guy files. Genuinely, I hope he files, because the day one of us does not is the day the rules get worse for all of us.

2 comments

Curtis Mabry

Thank you. The unauthorised flights are what get me sitting in a meeting arguing to keep a permissive policy that mostly works.

Alicia Ford

And we do see them. Reports come in from crews on the arrival and there is not much we can do except write it down.