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    FAA Waiver for flying within 2000' of utility wires.

    Mine was for a site in Southern Colorado. I know the station he was talking about, its near a wind farm I've inspected outside Walsenburg, CO but his link location was about 7 miles off. Could be legit, but could also be someone trolling to see what we charge. I never heard back from him.
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    FAA Waiver for flying within 2000' of utility wires.

    I got the same job offer. I have no idea what he is talking about. I've inspected power stations, high voltage wires, cell towers, etc. Never heard of such a waiver. I asked him if he had a link or documentation showing a waiver but never heard back.
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    USA Commercial part 107 Pilots

    ...and a Happy New Year?
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    USA Commercial part 107 Pilots

    Excuse me? I filed a report against someone that was breaking the laws. Instead of being held accountable he was rewarded by the FAA. Nothing personal or petty about this, simply a fact. Do you think the FAA should ignore people that violate their own laws? I don't, sorry if that means I...
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    USA Commercial part 107 Pilots

    LOL Gotta love the worthless FAA.
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    USA Commercial part 107 Pilots

    Turning people into the FAA is a complete waste of time. They will do nothing. You can provide emails, photos, video evidence of repeated law violations and the FSDO will thank you for wasting your time and do absolutely nothing. Or reward the pilot - and you think I am kidding huh? Read...
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    USA Insurance question

    Oh yeah. We use Neary Aerial for our drones. Bill Colorado Dronography
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    Flouting the law?

    I know, insult to injury... My guess is the next FAA "action" will be granting his night time wavier.
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    Flouting the law?

    I am one of several people in direct contact with the FAA first of all. Second of all I know the pilot in question and some of his friends. So I know. Remember, I'm talking about someone that the FAA was made aware of back in July when he started doing this. I know 3 people at least filed...
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    Flouting the law?

    I'm talking about a FAA 107 Pilot that blatantly and repeatedly violates the 107 laws. Posts his illegal material to his Facebook Page and website and when the FAA learns of it they issue his fake LLC a waiver. As far as FAA vs. Private Person - not one of those cases has been won by the FAA...
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    Flouting the law?

    Sorry, I should have said he was using a fake name that was an LLC. Also charging state sales tax (Colorado) without a registered company - again using a fake LLC name. He currently has a registered LLC that is a different (but close) name. So his waiver for example is registered to a LLC...
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    Flouting the law?

    As in registered with the Sec. of State and IRS. He was doing paid jobs and took taxes without a company and without a 107. He did get his 107 in Sept. but didn't register his company until months later, all the while doing paid jobs of course. His waiver is issued to a fake company name...
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    Flouting the law?

    Reporting to the FAA is a waste of time. Has anyone here reported a drone pilot to the FAA and got REAL results? Several people in my town reported an "almost" legal company. The local FSDO replied via email. The FAA gets copies of YouTube Videos (that are still online), emails where the...
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    WORK WITH US ... TRAVEL THE WORLD

    This is true! I had several productive emails with Patrice. Result was she said we could use watermarks to protect our work. For those of you that haven't had your work ripped off this might not seem like a big deal. I however didn't feel comfortable uploading footage to a server that could...
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    USA Commercial Drone Operators

    Good luck on your test!