LuvMyTJ posted the Arkansas guy's video. This is twice now I've heard of people getting a call from the FAA. How did the FAA know it was you, personally YOU, that posted those videos? How did they get your phone number? This sounds a LOT like those bogus "IRS agent" phone calls people get and then send the "IRS agent" money before they get sued / arrested. If a representative of a US Federal Agency wants my attention, it have either be in-person with FAA ID and/or on FAA letterhead with a Wash. DC return address, name, and phone number, otherwise, it's complete B.S.To the FAA guy who called thank you for being so nice. So today my father got a call from the FAA saying that I have to remove some of my videos, such video as me flying over my town which isn't allowed for some reason, that I had to remove the video of my fathers property that I have record (commercial use? I didn't charge him so?) he talked about things I have posted on the forms. He talked about company's I've recorded for (without the drone) I guess he was warning me that I couldn't use the drone in my company videos. The reason I got a call is because some one on the forms "complained", I do not know who complained, I'm sure they will never tell me but I made this post to warn everyone that this isn't the nice private community that we think it is, also be careful on what nice videos you try to share with the world, they might get you in trouble. The FAA is mailing me a letter, I will post a picture of it when I receive it.
The FAA does not have the human resources or time to chase down every drone video uploaded to the internet and IF they do have the people and time to do this, then why the HELL is it taking them so long to incorporate UAVs into the NAS?! Sure sure I'm positive they visit forums like this and monitor what people say and do but I have no fear of that because I have already registered my UAVs with the FAA, they have N numbers, and I have my Sec. 333 and COA, so I'm very much on their radar. Not only that, I've voiced my displeasure to both Sec. of Transp. Foxx and the Admin of the FAA regarding the required manned aircraft pilot's certificate necessary to fly commercially with a 2 POUND PLASTIC TOY. So my advice to everyone here is these phone calls are BS, talk is cheap, if they want to harass you by phone in the future, have them call your lawyer. Otherwise tell them if they do it again you'll not only call your attorney, you'll call the FTC and complain about harassing phone calls from the FAA.