Drone Search and Rescue Operation Wins Fight Against FAA 77
An anonymous reader writes: Back in February, officials at the Federal Aviation Administration told a Texas search-and-rescue team they couldn't use drones help locate missing persons. The team, which is called EquuSearch, challenged the FAA in court. On Friday, the court ruled (PDF) in favor of EquuSearch, saying the FAA's directive was "not a formal cease-and-desist letter representing the agency's final conclusion." EquuSearch intends to resume using the drones immediately. This puts the FAA in the position of having to either initiate formal proceedings against EquuSearch, which is clearly operating to the benefit of society (as opposed to purely commercial drone use), or to revisit and finalize its rules for small aircraft entirely. The latter would be a lengthy process because "Congress has delegated rule making powers to its agencies, but the Administrative Procedures Act requires the agencies to provide a public notice and comment period first."
Economical (Score:0, Funny)
Using Drones in search and rescue operations if highly economical.
After all, using humans in search and rescue can lead to unintended deaths of the search and rescue teams
and not to forget the monetary cost of the operation and equipment.
Using Drones equipped with Hell-Fire missiles to eradicate survivors will cut costs substantially. And, given that search
and rescue is considered a Military Operation, all insurance policies of the victims will be null and void thus
pleasing the insurance companies who reward their executives lavishly with cash, drugs and prostitutes.