Taylor v FAA Court of Appeals District Court Case (15-1495) was recently decided on May 19, 2017. The Petitioner (John A. Taylor) filed his Petition challenging the FAA’s 2015 Registration Rule. In 2012, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act was created, passed and implemented. This Act provided that the FAA “may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model …
What is the LAANC System? LAANC is the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability, a collaboration between the FAA and Industry. It directly supports UAS integration into the airspace. The FAA has made good on its promise to start releasing grid maps for controlled airspace, starting with lateral boundaries of Class E. Because drone pilots need airspace authorization to fly in …
Welcome to this edition of DroneLaw Pro Radio. Your source of information for everything UAV. We are Drone Attorneys and we speak Drone. My name is Drone Attorney Enrico Schaefer. Today, we are going to be talking about a press release that was issued today by the FAA, dated January 17, 2017. The headline is “FAA and SkyPan International Inc., …
The FAA has denied the vast majority of Part 107 Waiver requests submitted by drone pilots and operators. The number one reason for waiver or airspace denial is the failure of the applicant to provide sufficient details about their operations, and detail about “the proposed operation, the purpose of the operation, and method by which the proposed operation can be safely conducted.” If …
Welcome to this edition of Drone Law Pro Radio. Your source of information for everything UAV. We are drone attorneys and we speak drone. Welcome to Drone Law Pro Radio. We are broadcasting today from Miami, actually South Beach, Florida, where it’s sunny and beautiful unlike my home state of Michigan. I am happy to be here and I am …
Enrico: What we are going to do now is listen to Kevin Morris from the FAA talk about the Performance Based Standards that are going to be the standards you have to show the FAA you are going to comply with in order to get a Part 107 Waiver. There is a lot of mystique around the Part 107 Waiver …
Welcome to this edition of Drone Law Pro Radio. Your source of information for everything UAV. We are drone attorneys and we speak drone. Today on Drone Law Pro Radio we’re going to be talking about Copyright. Many Part 107 drone operators and pilots do not understand that when they fly their drone and they operate the camera that they …
Welcome to this edition of Drone Law Pro Radio. Your source of information for everything UAV. We are drone attorneys and we speak drone. My name is drone lawyer Enrico Schaefer and today we are going to be talking about the real problem with the FAA’s handling of Part 107. Now everybody was excited about Part 107 when it was …
ADM stands for “Aeronautical Decision-Making.” – FAA FAASTeam Program Manager Kevin Morris, Great Lakes Region – Flight Standards Division,District Office – 15 gave a ‘must see’ presentation to drone pilots and operators on a variety of subjects including: ADM for drone pilots. Risk management decision making for drone operations. Real world scenarios. How to obtain a Part 107 Waiver? What …
Kevin Morris was recently interviewed by the good folks at DroneU www.thedroneu.com. The drone lawyers at DLP have analyzed the interview and are providing the following thoughts and analysis. You can listen to the full interview at “Ask Drone You” here. [Transcript & Legal Commentary provided by DLP]. Paul: Hey everyone. Welcome to another awesome episode of ‘Ask Drone U’. My name is Paul and …