A tiny aircraft, too small to carry a person, flashes past your left wing. You never saw it; neither did ATC. You just had a near miss with a drone.
The Drones are Coming Here
A tiny aircraft, too small to carry a person, flashes past your left wing. You never saw it; neither did ATC. You just had a near miss with a drone.There are large, heavy commercial and military drones capable of flying in the flight levels. Then, there are little drones that range from toys up to Amazons proposed single-package delivery device. While similar, each presents different challenges.
Key Takeaways:
- Small drones, difficult to detect and often operated by untrained individuals, and large drones, prone to operator non-compliance and communication issues, present distinct and growing risks to aviation safety.
- Current regulations are largely ineffective due to the high number of unlicensed, anonymous small drone operators and frequent non-adherence by commercial or large drone operators, paralleling the early chaos of Citizen's Band radio.
- The article emphasizes an urgent need for the FAA to proactively establish and enforce realistic restrictions, driven by political pressure, to prevent future mid-air collisions before incidents necessitate reactive, "written in blood" regulations.
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