Do you (or your unlicensed pilot) know how to handle an in-flight emergency? Of course these never happen, right? (drone fly-aways, broken connection link, emergency landing at a site not of your choosing?)Ģ.
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You may not only face federal fines, but sanctions from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), who have stressed over and over in recent years to ONLY use professional licensed drone pilots.ġ. It doesn’t take long for a competitor to drop a dime and get the word out.
If you’re shooting your own aerials, or using unlicensed pilots, you’re likely posting these ill-gotten images all over the web and the MLS. I’ve seen agents getting hauled into Realtor Board hearings from an “anonymous” complaint because someone thinks the agent may have bent a rule. Having been in real estate since 2006, both as a licensed sales agent and today as a broker, I can tell you the competition can be downright cutthroat. In other words, if you are an unlicensed drone pilot and you’re flying over one of your own listings you can be fined twice, adding up to $12,100 in fines. Licensed drone pilot Paul Charbonnet of Louisiana received an email from the FAA’s UAS Help Team specifically addressing this very issue. You read that correctly: the PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY HIRES AN UNCERTIFICATED REMOTE PILOT FOR A COMMERCIAL OPERATION CAN BE FINED AS MUCH AS 10 X MORE THAN THE PILOT. The FAA has stated that unlicensed drone pilots can face fines starting at $1,100 per occurrence and those who knowingly hire unlicensed pilots can face fines starting at $11,000. Unless you’re willing to dole out a lot of money and commit to a minimum of 40 hours of actual flight training and studying to pass the quite difficult Part 107 Remote Pilot Airman Knowledge Test, you might want to think again. Thinking about buying a drone and doing it yourself? You figure what’s the harm in helping out a young entrepreneur and saving a few bucks in the process?Īpparently plenty, from legal, liability, and safety standpoints, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars in federal fines. You’re tempted to to hire the high school kid down the street with a drone. The licensed and insured drone pilots you’ve found online are too expensive for your taste. OK, you’re a real estate agent and you need killer aerial footage of your new listing to move it fast.
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