FAA Announces ARC for Micro UAS

FAA announces ARC for performance standards and requirements for micro unmanned aircraft systems (micro UAS) – asking for recommendations by April 1 2016. The announcement can be found here.    
The FAA’s requirements for UAS operations near airports are dynamic  and they have recently been changed. You need a Standard COA. The Blanket COA and LOA arrangement of the past will no longer cut it. Since the beginning of the FAA’s “Blanket COA” process, commercial drone operators approved through a Section 333

Your Action Needed – Micro UAS Amendment Needs Support

I am writing to ask you to contact your US Senators and House representatives to support the “micro UAS” amendment to the 2016 FAA Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4441, offered by Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis. This amendment removes the manned pilot license requirement and other red tape for commercial UAS operations for drones weighing less