| The use of UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is | | | | operations, law enforcement, border patrol, coast |
| increasing at a rapid pace and some are worried | | | | guard and military. After investigating the UAV crash |
| about the future crowed skies. Recently, the NTSB | | | | the NTSB compiled a report with 22-suggestions. |
| make some comments, suggestions and a few | | | | Amongst the suggestions were some interesting |
| recommendations, when a UAV crashed. The FAA is | | | | ideas such as installing a "blackbox" to help in the |
| listening to these recommendations, as they have a | | | | investigations. The FAA added some additional ideas |
| responsibility to protect the flying public and those on | | | | such as to report all incidents and accidents. |
| the ground. | | | | Recommendations sent to the Border Patrol for their |
| Obviously, no one is going to die inside a UAV if it | | | | operations included; having a back-up pilot available, |
| crashes, as UAVs have no on-board pilots, but with | | | | face-to-face meeting with air-traffic control where |
| wide-spread use there are chances of mid-air | | | | the aircraft will be operated, safety program |
| collisions, and when a UAV crashes there could be | | | | development, and that pilots be checked out in a |
| property damage, injuries of deaths on the ground, | | | | comparable manned aircraft with proper ratings. |
| this is very serious. UAVs are being used for civilian | | | | |