"Bob Jones" wrote in message
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message


Part 61 (§61.23) requires the pilot of an airplane to possess a valid
Medical Certificate, so it indirectly mandates pilots to meet the
vision requirements of Part 67.

Do you know the UAV operators won't have valid certificates? If you don't
know the answer to this question, then this point of yours is a non
sequitor, isn't it?

They may have in the future, but they certainly don't have them now.
Says FAA spokesman William Shumann, "Currently, there are no
FAA regulations dealing with the certification of UAV pilots,
aircraft or (commercial) operators". Nor have I seen any suggestion
that they'll have to be certified in the future.


You haven't provided any facts at all, only personal opinion, so you
have no accountability at all to worry over.

You're the one trying to make a case to get the rest of us concerned over
something. Bring your facts and we'll discuss them. All you've done so
far
is bring implications and innuendo (i.e., "BS").

From your point of view, maybe. I've found Larry's contribution
interesting, and certainly something to be concerned about. If you'd
been on this newsgroup longer, you'd realize that it'd be a pretty
empty forum if we just concerned ourselves with "facts".

The most important and worrying aspect of operating UAVs in
the public airspace is that *currently* they will not be operating
under the same constraints as the rest of us. Why? Well for one
thing the entire optical system through camera to operator
isn't certified to private pilot standards.

Of course, you may well be right (as in another post) that "For
all you know, they may have systems far better than human
eyesight". Hell, for all I know, the old duffer at the airport
flying without any sort of medical may well have the best
vision on the planet. But this just doesn't cut it. You can't
'self certify' for vision, and suggesting that this is OK if the "old
duffers" just happen to be the UAV manufacturers is a
significant departure from existing practice. It's not BS, it's
a very valid concern.