CBC reporting this morning that helicopter and fire fighter aircraft called off a fire in California due to "private" drones in the area of the fire -- likely oportunists looking for footage to sell but then--- wtf -- how can people be so stupid -- ACTPA -- --
They don't think about the consequences. It's all about getting a picture like this, with your name in print and a few bucks in your pocket. Surely their little toy drone isn't going to cause any problems, so why not? ( <--- sarcasm )
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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not,knows no release from the little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear, nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings.
- Amelia Earhart
At least 3 out of 5 got their drones the hell out of the way and onto the ground. The other two drone operators mentioned need some cold steel bench time alongside the laser pointer crowd.
Some people are just chronically stupid, irresponsible and phenomenally short-sighted. They're the same folks who rubberneck at an accident site hampering the ambulance and fire fighters from getting to the accident.
Photographers have been trying to kill pilots since the beginning of aviations.. Its always about getting the shot, if it bleeds its leads. These amateur photographers don't care.
MUSKEG wrote:So you don't like guns but it's ok to use them on something you don't like?? Can't have it both ways.
Point taken.
My comment is admittedly an angry knee-jerk reaction to the stupidity demonstrated by the drone operators in the California and British Columbia cases cited above.
I have never owned a gun and I will never own a gun.
I am however enough of a realist to accept that under certain very narrowly defined circumstances, the use of firearms by properly authorized and trained personel may be justified.
CBC reporting this morning that helicopter and fire fighter aircraft called off a fire in California due to "private" drones in the area of the fire -- likely oportunists looking for footage to sell but then--- wtf -- how can people be so stupid -- ACTPA -- 
