…a federal judge ruled that the FAA's ban on the commercial use of drones was not binding because flight officials did not give the public a chance to comment on the agency's rules. Congress has delegated rule making powers to its agencies, but the Administrative Procedures Act requires the agencies to provide a public notice and comment period first.
The agency has promised that it would revisit the commercial application of small drones later this year, with potential new rules in place perhaps by the end of 2015. But for now, the agency is taking a hard-line against the commercial use of drones, and it's unclear whether that policy would change.
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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles for non-military use will proliferate, so here’s hoping the FAA will figure things out quickly and come up with a way to manage this efficiently. It’s probably not reasonable to expect a laissez faire approach, so let’s hope the FAA proposes some reasonable solutions.
