Incidents with drones near airports is increasingly common, even in Sweden. Now we want the European Pilot Association ECA, the European Cockpit Association, make tougher demands on the small unmanned air craft.
The proposals include a maximum weight 500 grams, a maximum altitude of 50 meters and the spacecraft automatically avoid sensitive areas using virtual fences, so-called geo-fencing. The pilots also want the drone should have a marking and registration that makes it possible to trace the driver.
Kim Mortensen, chairman of the Swedish drönarföretagens association UAS Sweden, find that the requirements are excessive and unnecessary.
– It is pure stigma of unmanned aerial vehicles. In law, it is already clear what is what. The problem is that some hobby aviators do not follow the rules and flies too close to the airport, he said.
The debate on air safety and the drone makes him worried since it risks giving the entire industry a bad reputation. It also affects companies that use drones professionally for various services. To take stock of agricultural photograph buildings and monitor herds for example.
At the same time, he has an understanding of the pilots’ concerns.
– Sales of drones is explosive, and many drivers do not know the rules. I think vendors should send the information in the same way as when selling fireworks, says Kim Mortensen.
He also welcomes that there are now major hobby drone that can not be started near an airport, thanks to software in the control board.
UAS Sweden was formed in February this year and has some 30 members. More than 1,000 people work professionally with drones in Sweden today, according to the association.
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