I've been a pilot for four decades and spend hundreds of hours each year photographing and videoing from helicopters. When my son gave me a P2 kit all decked out I was very conflicted. The P2 was a surprise and with extra batteries and a Black Pearl monitor, etc., he spent over three grand. That was several years ago and unless you were a Hollywood somebody, you weren't likely to get to use a drone for business. I talked with a half dozen friends at the FAA and to the man the response was, "we have no intention of allowing drones to populate the airspace" My P2 seemed to have a mind of it's own regardless of the calibration dances I did with it. Every time I launched it all I could see was liability, no commercial use if I had the nerve to fly it, it's sits in the case having seen daylight a dozen times.
Fast forward four years and the FAA has drastically changed it's tune, drones are everywhere, licensed and not, commercial use qualification is relatively simple, and the products continue to become more and more amazingly capable. That being said, you can't regulate common sense. I don't know why the Mavic guys would be any less cognizant of the need for following regulations as compared to the Inspire owners. The amount of money invested shouldn't influence responsibility. Even a Mavic owner has a grand flying around and pretty much the same liability hanging out there as an Inspire operator. Why would they be so cavalier?
I'm telling you that a Mavic being sucked through the intake of a business jet or an EMS helicopter won't do any less damage than an Inspire, they'll both shell a very expensive engine and may well lead to the loss of the aircraft. The 400' restriction is a good one, line of sight is common sense, why would operators fudge on any of that? The down side is huge. The first time someone's Gulfstream spews engine parts out the tail because it ingested a drone, the industry will see the FAA reverse it's stand on the proliferation and areas of use. The multi billion dollar industry has pressured the Feds into doing things that they really had no intention of allowing at the outset. Done operators in general should be triply vigilant regarding regs and their operations, if not for the industry then for their own incredible exposure each time they launch their craft. Many of the liability policies that cover operators are basic and won't come close to protecting an operator if anything goes significantly awry. A million bucks in coverage doesn't go as far as it used to, and coverage is negated if any malfeasance can be proven. Pilots often joke about the fact that there are so many regs that the best of us can't log flight time without breaking some rule or reg. Insurance companies love finding those hiccups, that leaves the operator exposed to whatever claims arise.
I apologize if this sounds negative. Drones are amazing, and getting more so every day, but holy cow, unless you live and fly somewhere outside of Amarillo or Lubbock in areas where the worst case scenario is you hit a cow, or dent a pick up, it's a scary proposition and a huge responsibility.