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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Ruckert" data-source="post: 68429" data-attributes="member: 2396"><p>I intend this to be a heads up to you.</p><p></p><p>Whether you are 107 or not, you have to be careful flying near disaster areas. That is where the feds are beginning to put the clamp down. Depending on the nature of the disaster, and whether or not they consider you as interfering with relief efforts, the fine can be $20K, and could include incarceration... licensed, or not.</p><p></p><p>In recent years, steep finds were reduced; greatly. However, with all of the attention drone risk has received of late, my belief is that there will be more examples made of people in the near future.</p><p></p><p>Having the 107 is not going to set market prices for your footage. The 107 simply allows you to enter into a contract to fly commercially. Decades ago, my friend Dave happened to be the first on site of a helicopter crash. He had his DSLR with him. He sold a couple of photos to the San Jose Mercury News. I think he got $75. Ironically, he was a journalism major. To my knowledge, he never sold another, or finish his journalism degree. </p><p></p><p>If you were to submit the various footage as a photo journalist it would be considered in the category of Editorial, which does not require a commercial license unless you sell a lot of it.</p><p></p><p>Check this out</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Tv887YG8t8A:305[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>I passed the 107 just for access to LAANC. I am still waiting for adoption by the local airports who control air space. I'm told all airports will adopt by the end of 2019. If this area adopts at the end of 2019, it will have been 18 months since I was certified. So, for me, the 107 has yet to be of benefit. I do submit footage to stock footage houses, and while I have 130 clips available for sale, not a single one has sold. There's a lot of competition. Because so few would be expected to sell, I wouldn't need a 107 license for that as I flew/filmed without a contract to do so.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to NOT get the 107, but DO study airspace as it pertains to FAA regulations, learn to read sectional charts, and it's a good idea to check the website Flight Service to see if there are any "notice to airmen" (NOTAMS) to be concerned about, Such as warning for flying over disaster areas. The sectionals are not hard to understand, they are just a lot of information written in really small font. You can do this for free. Otherwise, the test is only learning to read weather forecasts as communicated at airports, and responsibilities of what is called the Remote Pilot in Command.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard Ruckert, post: 68429, member: 2396"] I intend this to be a heads up to you. Whether you are 107 or not, you have to be careful flying near disaster areas. That is where the feds are beginning to put the clamp down. Depending on the nature of the disaster, and whether or not they consider you as interfering with relief efforts, the fine can be $20K, and could include incarceration... licensed, or not. In recent years, steep finds were reduced; greatly. However, with all of the attention drone risk has received of late, my belief is that there will be more examples made of people in the near future. Having the 107 is not going to set market prices for your footage. The 107 simply allows you to enter into a contract to fly commercially. Decades ago, my friend Dave happened to be the first on site of a helicopter crash. He had his DSLR with him. He sold a couple of photos to the San Jose Mercury News. I think he got $75. Ironically, he was a journalism major. To my knowledge, he never sold another, or finish his journalism degree. If you were to submit the various footage as a photo journalist it would be considered in the category of Editorial, which does not require a commercial license unless you sell a lot of it. Check this out [MEDIA=youtube]Tv887YG8t8A:305[/MEDIA] I passed the 107 just for access to LAANC. I am still waiting for adoption by the local airports who control air space. I'm told all airports will adopt by the end of 2019. If this area adopts at the end of 2019, it will have been 18 months since I was certified. So, for me, the 107 has yet to be of benefit. I do submit footage to stock footage houses, and while I have 130 clips available for sale, not a single one has sold. There's a lot of competition. Because so few would be expected to sell, I wouldn't need a 107 license for that as I flew/filmed without a contract to do so. My advice is to NOT get the 107, but DO study airspace as it pertains to FAA regulations, learn to read sectional charts, and it's a good idea to check the website Flight Service to see if there are any "notice to airmen" (NOTAMS) to be concerned about, Such as warning for flying over disaster areas. The sectionals are not hard to understand, they are just a lot of information written in really small font. You can do this for free. Otherwise, the test is only learning to read weather forecasts as communicated at airports, and responsibilities of what is called the Remote Pilot in Command. Hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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