Larry Dighera wrote:
What distinguishes UAVs from manned
aircraft is their inability to comply with a fundamental cornerstone
of flight operations: see-and-avoid.

"See-and-avoid" is not a fundamental cornerstone of flight ops; at least
not by my definition of "fundamental". A specific counterexample appears to
be unmanned free balloons, which cannot meaningfully engage in "see-and-
avoid" yet are not limited to SUA. (At least I don't believe so.)

If you think existing aspects of Part 101 should be applied and otherwise
modified to SUA operations in the NAS I'd agree with you.

My own assertion is this: in any list of priorities that drive air
safety, regulation of UAVs is overkill and even takes time, money, and
resources away from dealing with higher probability risks.

I'm not sure I completely understand your point. You're not saying
that the FAA shouldn't regulated UAVs flown in the NAS are you?

No.