In news that is going to rip open the hearts of all travel influencers/amateur landscape photographers/that fucking guy in Perth who almost hit me in the head in 2017 with one of the damn things, drone owners will soon have to become accredited by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority with a form of “flyer’s licence”.
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The news comes via the ABC, who point out that the move comes as Google gears up to launch the first drone-delivery food service in Canberra. Which is insane and stupid and I hate it! As of July 2019, you’ll have to go through the process if you own or are looking to own one.
Owners will also now have to register their drone as a crack-down on deadshits, basically. As CASA spokesperson Peter Gibson said, sort of.
“It will certainly give us big advantages in terms of complaints or reports of drones being flown improperly or against the safety rules. We’ll have a starting point to know who flies drones in that area, what sort of drone they fly.”
If you own or are planning to own a drone that weighs over 250g, you’ll have to pass an online education course and register the thing. Your data will be kept in a database so authorities know who the fucking fuck flew that drone through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, for god’s sake.
CASA are saying the registration fee (yes, that will be a thing) will vary depending on what the drone is being used for and what type it is, but they’re estimating it’ll be $20 for recreational drones with the average fee for a commercial drone being around $100 to $160 annually.
Look, I sound like I hate drones and what I am going to say to you is that I do. The end.
