Alan Perlman

That's a powerful statement. Really appreciate you sharing the backstory. Yah, interested in helping to push forward, keep me posted. We're putting together some talking points to help folks more effectively comment on the NPRM, will share those here when complete. Yes, well said. You raised some really good implementation questions in your original post. If we assume that 80% of the flights out there are already compliant under the existing Part 107 rules, LAANC airspace authorization and Waiver processes, I don't understand why there isn't more of an attempt in this NPRM to acknowledge that and to let those folks continue to fly without too many additional hurdles to jump through. I understand that we have to regulate for the other 20%, and to mitigate fears around counter UAS / drones showing up at airports and penitentiary systems, but when the overwhelming majority of both hobbyist and commercial drone operations are being conducted safely and responsibly each and every day, the proposed framework makes little sense on SO many levels.

Hey @Jason Kovacs, welcome to the forum and thanks for chiming in on the Remote ID thread. You raised some great questions.

Hi @Dave Torczon — thanks for posting. You're correct that to the best of our knowledge, Nebraska does not currently have any state-wide regulations. I wouldn't advise putting ammo in your gun and pointing it up at the sky. I trust this situation will resolve itself soon enough, and that nothing nefarious is being done. Here's a thread you might be interested in exploring, I hope this helps:

Ahah well said

Great conversation. @Av8Chuck — I wasn't familiar with ACUAS.org. What kind of advocacy / actions did the group take over the last few years? I see you wrote "give it another shot" so will assume that no one is actively working on it right now. If that's the case...what happened? @Dave Pitman — You wrote, "I think it is definitely in @Alan Perlmans interest. If this goes through, his business model in 4 years or less very well could need to be quite different. Looking forward to his thoughts." It's absolutely in my interest and wondering what you would advise me and my team do to help assist? I hear you re: "individual comments will hit the round file with a thud" but choosing to be less cynical and would like to think that if a well-structured argument was made, with specific solutions proposed, that the comment would be read just as seriously as some larger group. Maybe I'm being too naive, but reading through this FAA infographic leads me to believe that they're truly looking for any and all "effective" comments. @Jim Wilson — thanks for sharing your comment. It's well-articulated, but I'm worried doesn't follow the FAA's directions above and won't be factored into their decision-making process moving forward. @Stephen Yale — love this question. I imagine we'll see some of these templates surface over the coming weeks. Perhaps this is one area where we, as a company, can add some value. I'll need some help from folks in this thread to structure a response, following the suggestions in the infographic above (cc @Av8Chuck, @Dave Pitman, etc.)

Extremely well written, @Av8Chuck. The market is frothy right now. Time will tell if PH joins the likes of Airware ($118M raised), CyPhy Works ($39M raised), 3D Robotics ($179M raised), Aerobotics ($100M raised), GoPro, etc.

Our websites are built on WordPress, but I know a lot of our students use Wix, SquareSpace, and GoDaddy — each have their merits and offer a bit of a learning curve, but +1 to the idea of using a template. I'll offer this resource as well: https://www.dronepilotgroundschool.com/drone-website-best-practices/

@JustinT — thanks for the question and pardon the delayed response. Glad you're enjoying the course and sounds like you've made great progress. Make sure to check out the 'Pricing and Packaging' lesson, that'll give you some pointers about pricing and how to think about positioning your services to others. I'd also check out our drone jobs guide, which highlights different opportunities, organized into industry chapters. Our team spent dozens of hours of research putting that together. At the end of the say, building a services-based business isn't an easy thing to do. The sooner you can establish a base-level 'brand' in the form of a portfolio-based website, the better. That might require a lot more work on your end to start gathering photos and videos you feel comfortable presenting publicly. You're only as good as your latest 'reel' and what's on your website for clients to see. Once you have a good intake system in place, I'd start walking into offices, picking up the phone and dialing. Real estate brokers and agents, property marketers, construction companies, etc. — many of these folks are doing it themselves already, but many don't want to take on the responsibility of getting certified, holding liability insurance, purchasing aircraft, etc. and feel a lot more comfortable working with an outside vendor. Join your local Chamber of Commerce and start going to networking events. Read some sales books like SPIN Selling or The Ultimate Sales Machine. Your goal at this point should be to take an action to push your business forward every single day. If it's nice outside, get out there and fly and start building up your portfolio. When it's raining, smile and dial and start reaching out to folks! Hope this helps set you in the right direction, curious what advice @Chase Flynn | UAV Coach would have to add on top of this, as he's also in the process of building out his aerial services company.

@JBR LIFE Photography ‚ the underwater shot! Amazing

Thanks for chiming in @Av8Chuck and @Joey Ambrose — I think the confusion might be coming from a blog post we wrote a while ago: https://www.dronepilotgroundschool.com/ramp-checks/ It might feel a bit intimidating for a solo operator, but the reality is that as long as you're organized and have some basic checklists in place, you can always create stuff that's more robust if clients demand it longer term. Joey, great idea for a starter template, will add to our list

Hey @Av8Chuck — I was there on Tuesday to see the keynote and opening CEO roundtable, and then to roam the Expo hall and to have some meetings. Unfortunately had to come home on Wednesday morning, so I didn't get to enjoy too much of the event. Good energy at the show, I'd say a bit stronger than InterDrone when it came to attendance and Expo ruckus. Lot of public safety folks enjoyed the panel from the LAFD, and I spent a lot of time chatting with Derrick Ward and his team about their program. Interesting that they were evaluating the Skydio 2 as an asset for public safety departments. Great obstacle avoidance, really compact and only $100. Perhaps a more fitting option when compared to a Spark or Mavic Mini if just needing quick optics. Lots of international attendees. A good number of DSPs in attendance as well, similar to what I saw at InterDrone. Still a lot of optimism in the industry, was inspiring to hear about what's going on with drone deliveries and to hear the NASA Administrator speak as well. My team will be going next year!

Congrats, looks like a fun campaign.

Hi @TobiasD, thanks for reaching out. For what it's worth, I'm not seeing any messages in my inbox, so perhaps it didn't go through. I asked Isabella as well, and she didn't get anything. I'm usually pretty quick to respond! So I'm glad you followed up to post here. I'm a little stuck in how to diagnose this. I can assure you that we're not sending out SPAM. I'm not familiar with terms like spoofing, DKIM/DMARC, ReturnPath, etc. I'm happy to offer more context around how we have things set up and am open to additional steps we should be taking to curtail the emails you're seeing. We use HubSpot, a publicly-traded company here in the U.S., to send out our emails. We limit the number of user accounts who have access and can see login / send data, so I can assure you after looking this morning that there's no SPAM being sent out from our account directly. We've been sending out emails each week to tens of thousands of people across the globe for more than 3 years, and we've never had an issue like this brought to us. But I'll try to learn more about what might be going on and what we can do to fix on our end. If I can ask — what's the nature of these emails that look like they're being sent from @uavcoach.com? What do they look like? My direct email is alan(at)uavcoach(dot)com. I appreciate you bringing this to our attention, hopefully we can figure it out!

@Half Chrome not sure if you saw @Al Riv's message above.