Did I say my company bought it for me? Well, technically, I bought it with my own credit card and it was delivered to my home address under my name and I have the receipt and paperwork to prove it. So it's technically my own personal item. (Someday maaaybee my company will reimburse me.) I'm not too worried about the FAA restrictions regarding commercial use. Those regulations are bound to be modified. This prohibition (which is currently being challenged in court by others) is just a stop gap measure as the government panics and tries to put some reasonable and workable laws together. Frankly, I think it more likely that the law will eventually flip, allowing limited licensed commercial use and severely restricting private use. Businesses are more likely to use drones in a responsible manner rather than risk fines, lawsuits, and bad press if they do not, while individuals tend to be loose canons who very often do stupid and dangerous things with them. Just my opinion. It might be helpful to this sport if a drone group would preempt the law makers and come up with an extensive set of rules for flying drones that make sense and protects public safety and privacy as guidelines that the government might opt to adopt.
