[Kharon]

Of hungry lawyers.

There’s a happy thought; and perhaps that is the FAA’s intent. They seem to have taken a very grown up stance on UAV ‘control’, before the inevitable law suits start piling up. By getting in early and setting the rules in place, they are thinking of avoiding getting dragged into tedious, pointless, expensive court battles. By stating that it is ‘illegal’ to do such and such; or, thou shalt not without etc. they step out of potential areas of ‘legal’ conflict.  It is far too much to expect CASA to be so far sighted; they cannot imagine anyone daring to file suit and blame them for anything. But, sure as eggs, soon or late, someone will decide that a CASA rule is a good case to prosecute – and win. Then there will be yet another, retrospective ‘knee-jerk’ reaction, the inevitable over kill and more draconian regulations produced – after the fact.

It is a very adolescent stance: it is also naïve.  It is also fraught with ‘political’ peril, for it will be the minister of whom the awkward questions in the media are asked: when someone gets hurt, or a crime is committed, or a high profile bare arse is plastered all over the media. UAV’s are a ticking time bomb; there is no question about its going bang; only when.

Choc frog P2 – the legal eagles will be sharpening their claws and keeping a sharp eye out for a potential earner; baby needs new shoes and all that. Are having a head full of porridge instead of brain and an ability to work in blinkers prerequisites for a CASA management role; certainly it seems to be so. Heigh Ho.

Toot toot.