PILOT SPIN

Pilot Zone => Pilot Zone => Topic started by: InTheSoup on February 09, 2016, 10:22:26 AM

Title: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: InTheSoup on February 09, 2016, 10:22:26 AM
http://fortune.com/2016/02/08/more-registered-drones-than-airplanes/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/08/faa-drone-registration-eclipses-regular-planes/80002730/

Title: Re: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: Jaybird180 on February 09, 2016, 11:44:34 AM
My wife told me about this lastnight.  We're F@(&ked
Title: Re: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: Anthony on February 09, 2016, 12:20:45 PM
Let's face it guys.  Pilots are obsolete. 
Title: Re: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: Jaybird180 on February 09, 2016, 12:30:12 PM
Quote from: Anthony on February 09, 2016, 12:20:45 PM
Let's face it guys.  Pilots are obsolete.
That's why we're online.
Title: Re: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: nddons on February 09, 2016, 02:37:08 PM

Quote from: Anthony on February 09, 2016, 12:20:45 PM
Let's face it guys.  Pilots are obsolete.

We're obsolete if snot nosed pimply-faced kids get hard-ons from viewing the earth from their Go-Pro camera attached to a drone.

As long as slipping the surely bonds of earth is a necessary prerequisite to experience the true magic flight, unavailable to earth bound gamers, I think we'll be alright.
Title: Re: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: Anthony on February 09, 2016, 02:55:30 PM
Quote from: nddons on February 09, 2016, 02:37:08 PM
We're obsolete if snot nosed pimply-faced kids get hard-ons from viewing the earth from their Go-Pro camera attached to a drone.

As long as slipping the surely bonds of earth is a necessary prerequisite to experience the true magic flight, unavailable to earth bound gamers, I think we'll be alright.

Hey, I'm right there with you, but look at where the military has gone with UAV's. 
Title: Re: FAA: More registered Drones than Airplanes.
Post by: President in Exile YOLT on February 13, 2016, 10:31:25 AM
Quote from: Anthony on February 09, 2016, 12:20:45 PM
Let's face it guys.  Pilots are obsolete.

Most of us will be obsolete in the the next 30 years or so-
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/13/artificial-intelligence-ai-unemployment-jobs-moshe-vardi