There is Yet Again Another Test on how unmanned aircraft can be safely integrated into the national airspace.
I have a simnple way to bring that about: If the drone crashes, the drone's pilot dies, just as though they had been flying a real airplane. A designated team just drags the drone pilot out back and caps him (or her). No investigation, no board of inquiry, a simple "if A, then B" process, where "A" = "crash" and "B" = "summary execution".
To my mind, any plan for integrating drones into the national airspace that does not cause the drones' drivers to have the same skin in the game as the rest of us is deficient. And if the drone drivers don't like that they would now share the same risk of dying as the rest of us, then they can go find another line of work.
Actions, Meet Consequences
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The inconvenient truth, if I may-- is that the test scenario requires all involved aircraft to be equipped with ADS-B "out", which isn't required until 2020, while the Congressional mandate for UAV integration is 2015. So there's a slight matter of the civilian fleet not being equipped for the test profile until five years after the implementation date, but gee whiz it made a great press release.
ADS-B of course will be cheap and run on penlite cells, NOT! this would be a problem for all the P-Cubs and other older and light birds that have NO electrical system.
Aircraft Electronics are never cheap even is they are made like crap. I keep forgetting, people with planes are rich.
More wishful thinking of those that want to fly Copseyes.
Eck!
Do not forget that ADS-B can be spoofed.
Your brilliant "A + B" solution will only work after we have a few Corperations (are people too) in Jail!
w3ski
Not only drone pilots, but a big chunk of the hierarchy that ordered the flight should also be dependent upon a successful landing.
Well maybe not out right execution, that would be unfair as occasionally a pilot survives. How about a ride on a jet sled without a seat belt. If the operator survives the stop, well good for them.
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