Soldato
New regulations won't impact incidents like the Gatwick one. Not even slightly. It'd be like a criminal using their own car to go ram raiding. They don't do it. They nick someone else's car.
Registration and a 'test' of some sort was already going to be implemented in November 2019. The only thing that's changed is the radius around airports.
The only people that will affect are those that fly legally at the moment, and won't be able to in future. For example, there are at least two model flying clubs within 5Km of Heathrow, so they'll probably have to ask for an exemption, or re-locate, which is easier said than done.
It's a case of the government need to be seen to be doing something, about a drone that may or may not have existed. I'm not usually the conspiracy theory type, but the whole Gatwick incident stinks of a cover up. Whether it was to cover up a hack or IT problem, or to cover something else that could have prevented the subsequent sale proceeding.
Registration and a 'test' of some sort was already going to be implemented in November 2019. The only thing that's changed is the radius around airports.
The only people that will affect are those that fly legally at the moment, and won't be able to in future. For example, there are at least two model flying clubs within 5Km of Heathrow, so they'll probably have to ask for an exemption, or re-locate, which is easier said than done.
It's a case of the government need to be seen to be doing something, about a drone that may or may not have existed. I'm not usually the conspiracy theory type, but the whole Gatwick incident stinks of a cover up. Whether it was to cover up a hack or IT problem, or to cover something else that could have prevented the subsequent sale proceeding.
