On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:09:18 GMT, "Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com
wrote in itIFg.143$hP6.26@trnddc04:

I can't find any hint of conflicts between UAVs and MAVs
[that's us in the Spam cans].

Could that be a result of the escort aircraft with the UAVs?
Presumably the pilot of that aircraft is capable of complying with the
see-and-avoid regulation.

I feel that our ATC system and the UAV controllers have their act together.
I won't have any problem with UAVs patrolling our borders as long as ATC is
involved and unnecessary TFRs aren't slung about like confetti.

I doubt the UAVs deployed to boarder patrol duty are escorted nor
equipped to comply with see-and-avoid regulations, so there are TFRs
around them.

On the other hand, I don't feel comfortable about them tooling over
populated areas. At least not until the reliability factor goes way up.


Of course, that's an issue. But who (what individual) will your
estate sue when a blind unmanned aerial vehicle downs your flight?