The air traffic management body for the European Union just recently unveiled their plans for regulating drone use in low-level airspace. It's expected that the changes will start to be implemented by 2019; they'll have their market up and running by then.
The new plans for the regulations were a product of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESATMR) initiative. And they are only meant to serve as a foundation for upcoming legislation in this area, the rules aren't binding.
Among the recommendations for the new rules are suggestions like requiring a mandatory electronic registration from all drone operators, as well as requiring that drone operators submit flight requests, and more.
At the moment, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is allegedly working with numerous EU states in order to try and craft the appropriate rules, to establish some EU-wide regulations surrounding drone use across a number of countries.
It's expected that the new changes will be adopted within just a few months. And the European Commission is hopeful that the arrangements will be sorted by the end of the year. Drones at the moment are wildly popular across Europe and hundreds of thousands of drones have already been sold there.
The EU Transportation Minister, Violeta Bulc, has acknowledged the potential for drones to fuel innovation and economic growth. If the rules are too strict surrounding the use of drones then it could easily impede the potential for success in this area. Bulc has also admitted that Europe needs to embrace drone technology as this technology is essential and part of the future of flying.
Because of strict regulations in the US, drone industry experts have estimated that they are losing roughly $27 million every day from being shut out of the market. It's no wonder that the EU is racing against the US in order to set up its drone services market in a superior fashion.
The EU estimates that drones could generate at least $17 billion a year by 2020 and that the drone services market will likely create about 150,000 jobs by 2050.
When it comes to drones in the US
A number of companies are looking to use drones for various market services (Amazon, UPS, 711, and others) but they haven't started flying around delivering food or mail on a broad scale yet. It might still take quite a bit of time before that becomes the norm for delivery, if it ever does, in the US.
Just recently, a US court ruled against the FAA; the agency had required all US drone users to register their property with them, whether they were using them for private or commercial use. Now that the court has ruled against the FAA, those flying drones for non-commercial purposes aren't required to register any longer. But that could change in the future as the FAA does have an opportunity for appeal.
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Sources:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/aviation/news/eu-aims-to-regulate-drone-traffic-from-2019/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/eu-unveils-plans-to-regulate-drones-by-2019-1.3464197
http://theweek.com/articles/555150/why-europe-loves-drones
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Deutsche Post / DHL has already started deploying mail via drones in some cities as part of testing phase. EU seems to be a great market for drones. Both photo and service one's.
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Interesting post! As a programmer I would love to work with some drones, but I need to find some time for that :). Keep up the good work!
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A small and innovative industry surrounding professional drones (photography, fire fighting recon, policing, etc.) has sprung up here near my home town in The Netherlands. We all hope they aren't "killed by law" in the future.
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In all of my spare time, I'd like to experiment with a drone and videos of my photo shoots. At the current pace, I am guessing they'll all be required to be registered.
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do not rush into a drone
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That's it! I've been flying drones for a while now - specifically, FPV Racing drones, but I think it is time for me to get a commercial drone license. I'm interested in commercial long range FPV work.
I wonder if they will send manned drones to investigate lost amazon auto pilot drones. Or if human pilots will be needed to land deliveries in certain locations (i.e. person takes control of drone for last 30 seconds of journey)....Must be a plethora of jobs on the horizon for drone pilots.
When I finish work tonight I think I'll dive into this: https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Aircraft/Unmanned-aircraft/Small-drones/Permissions-and-exemptions-for-commercial-work-involving-small-drones/
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Very useful information. Keep posting the latest information ... I'm very happy if you want to resteem some of my articles ....
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the drone industry has and will continue to expand due to the entertainment sector mostly the movies and media due to its best eye capturing pics and videos for me it a great sector
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Some laws are simply too late. You cannot wait for an industry to bloom and then, only then, regulate it. Someone will then complain about restrictions on business (limiting the right to sell of a company) and you see lobbying everywhere. Putting the burden on the owner, not sure is the right thing for existing owners. Regulate the manufacturers, so that the 'big drones' are regulated and licensed, but not the hobby ones, that would be a killer law.
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One Simple answer to any regulation....................BLOCKCHAIN.
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A soft approach I see.... :)
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Even better for them !
They will make much more money !
For example, they could ask for license ....
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How easy would it be to shoot down a drone and steal it's contents?
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If Amazon, Fed Ex, etc start delivering by drone - there will be a lot of stolen goods as the packages traverse private property air space. Even Domino's is promoting the idea of pizza delivery in this manner...come on man !
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Amazon will use drones ...in coming days for delivery ....great idea though ....world is changing alot
Good it see engineering every where
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seriously i'd like to try it lol
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I'm eager to see the advancement of drone technology and how governments/countries will adapt to them.
I love the shift that technology is taking - drones, cryptocurrencies, -it feels like the people are getting some power ;) Although obviously it can work both ways, it's still interesting to watch the shifts of power and how we adapt to them.
Thanks for writing this!
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In europe you already have to have a license and an insurance if you use drones above a certain power, and to fly and film in someone's property you have to have the owner's written permission. Obviously to fly in a city or near state building you need extra city permission or you risk a really high fine and legal trouble.
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Drones are a very interesting concept. I say there's a fine line between using them for personal/business use, and disturbing the public. With that said, they are still a great concept for shipping companies because of the availability. It's just regulating them and setting up the multiple laws that's the biggest problem. With EU being the guinea pig, I'll be interested to see how it plays out. Great post!
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Interesting article, @doitvoluntarily. I'm not actually sure what the drone laws are here in Canada but I know people use drones quite often around here. I think there are laws around how far away from the airport the drones need to be to operate legally but I'm not really sure how much they are enforced at this point. I've contemplated buying a drone but at this point I don't really have a distinct use for one. It would be neat to take cool pictures with a drone though, but again, that's not a huge need for me at this point. I do think that as time goes on, drones will continue to shape and transform many industries and at some point will be commonly used all over the place.
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Im looking forward to the DJI Spark, its basically like the mavic pro but way smaller!
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From what I've read the video quality on the Mavic Pro is much better than the Spark.
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It supposed to be some rules depending from the size of air drone !
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There's a lot to be gained by being the first but things move so fast nowdays that the first mover advantage may not be easy to last. I was curious about the oldest airline and did a search and found this from Wikipedia.
The four oldest non-dirigible airlines that still exist are Netherlands' KLM (1919), Colombia's Avianca (1919), Australia's Qantas (1921), and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines (1923).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline
Like wow... almost 100 years old.
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There's also that new Drone Federalism act that's trying to pass, don't know it's current status. All I know is that flying could be even more difficult if something like that were to go through.
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A double tier system is probably a best implementation where going over x amount height and or y distance requires registering flights and lower levels can run unhindered.
Thank you for sharing about this @doitvoluntarily
Create a great day,
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its a really good idea!!
there are advatages n also disavantages of drone .
somtimes i think drone is a good invention for todays genration.
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I think drone technology has alot to offer to the world and I expect a boom in the use and availablity of drones.
Check this out https://steemit.com/steemit/@thepsychguide/how-ai-came-about-and-how-it-will-affect-us-part-2
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Very relevant post. It's amazing how quickly something as innovative as this could be limited by the law. And it's unfortunate for what it could mean for the arts. But at the same time I get it if it's being used as a violation of peoples' private property. It's illegal in my jurisdiction for a plane to fly over your property with the intent of taking photos without consent. So what's the difference if it's a drone doing this.
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I'm just thinking of where we will be with drones in 5-10 yeas from now... Amazing to think about it!
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These drones are very good, in general, but our privacy will suffer the most!
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great post brother keep on steeming on
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