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Have any of you become aware of non part 107 pilots making money flying jobs in your territory? I have only flown recreational so far, and only on our Class G designated airspace private farm property. I am anxiously awaiting delivery of my I 2 + X5S with an opportunity to gain logged stick time so as to eventually assist with commercial flights for a local ongoing drone business. The owner has told me several times that he has run across non licensed pilots getting paying jobs flying local sites most often within regulated airspace. In fact I have seen obvious aerial drone footage shown on our local TV stations specifically showing footage of vehicles in motion while pitching the purchase of a new vehicle.
My pilot friend has caught even more of these operations going down. We live in a small population market and any drone business lost to non licensed hobbyist pilots is an opportunity wasted. Obviously the FAA has no where near enough personnel hired to police this situation. So pirated, paying commercial flight time is setting a very low pay rate expectation (I can get my cousin to fly this job for less than what you quoted), and most often not insured too.
Any of you pilots ever "drop a dime" to the FAA on this type of behavior?
Any suggestions on how to handle this type of activity?
My pilot friend has caught even more of these operations going down. We live in a small population market and any drone business lost to non licensed hobbyist pilots is an opportunity wasted. Obviously the FAA has no where near enough personnel hired to police this situation. So pirated, paying commercial flight time is setting a very low pay rate expectation (I can get my cousin to fly this job for less than what you quoted), and most often not insured too.
Any of you pilots ever "drop a dime" to the FAA on this type of behavior?
Any suggestions on how to handle this type of activity?