http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/10/the-faa-wont-make-up-its-mind-on-drone-rules-until-2017-at-the-earliest/
"'We all agree that the project is taking too long,' Peggy Gilligan, a
top FAA safety official, told a congressional House panel Wednesday.
Gilligan confirmed that
a 'balanced' proposal on drones is under executive review. But once
that proposal is published for the public's eyes, it could take months
to arrive at a final set of rules. The result could mean years of
additional delays, according to a Government Accountability Office
official.
'The consensus of opinion is the integration of
unmanned systems will likely slip from the mandated deadline until 2017
or even later,' said Gerald Dillingham, the GAO's director of civil
aviation."
This is certainly frustrating, especially since commercial use of quadcopters is essentially stopped until the rules come out. We just need to be especially careful until then.
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