**Please note that we are talking here about operators that have fulfilled all of their countries requirements and have received proper certification to operate commercially within that countries regulations.**
If you are certified by your country as a commercial sUAS operator, Do you think that DJI should restrict your use of your DJI drone regardless of the fact that your government does not request or require DJI to have this restriction in place.
DJI has a system in place for certified operators to request individual unlocking of airspace restricted by their software. This unlock usually takes about 2 days to obtain, and lasts for 30 days. There is no way to test that the unlock actually will work until you are on site. Use of DJI drones in an emergency scenario within DJI's restricted airspace areas would be restricted for at least this 2 day period.
Brendan Schulman, vice pres. of legal for DJI, and the admin of this program, has been asked to permanently or annually unlock the sUAS of certified operators upon proof of certification by whatever means DJI feels necessary to allow commercial operators piece of mind that their equipment will fly for them in the course of their work. Mr. Schulman has thus far refused. And in addition, he has been unwilling to state specifically why he feels DJI China should be the final authority as to if a DJI craft, operated by a certified operator, will fly. His canned response has been to the effect that DJI wants to balance safety and flexibility. And that their system, while not mandated by any jurisdiction, is reasonable.
Mr. Schulman and various others have told those of us that are lobbying for this release from DJI, that very few certified operators have complained about this restriction, so therefore most must believe that what DJI is doing must be okay.
What do you think?
If you are certified by your country as a commercial sUAS operator, Do you think that DJI should restrict your use of your DJI drone regardless of the fact that your government does not request or require DJI to have this restriction in place.
DJI has a system in place for certified operators to request individual unlocking of airspace restricted by their software. This unlock usually takes about 2 days to obtain, and lasts for 30 days. There is no way to test that the unlock actually will work until you are on site. Use of DJI drones in an emergency scenario within DJI's restricted airspace areas would be restricted for at least this 2 day period.
Brendan Schulman, vice pres. of legal for DJI, and the admin of this program, has been asked to permanently or annually unlock the sUAS of certified operators upon proof of certification by whatever means DJI feels necessary to allow commercial operators piece of mind that their equipment will fly for them in the course of their work. Mr. Schulman has thus far refused. And in addition, he has been unwilling to state specifically why he feels DJI China should be the final authority as to if a DJI craft, operated by a certified operator, will fly. His canned response has been to the effect that DJI wants to balance safety and flexibility. And that their system, while not mandated by any jurisdiction, is reasonable.
Mr. Schulman and various others have told those of us that are lobbying for this release from DJI, that very few certified operators have complained about this restriction, so therefore most must believe that what DJI is doing must be okay.
What do you think?