Not to beat a dead horse, but.... It's about time the FAA Absolutely Requires that DJI Offer a PERMANENT UNLOCKING SOLUTION for the US Part 107 Pilots. I implore Mark Baker and others at the AOPA to start seriously lobbying the FAA and/congress to step in. As a Part 61 Private Pilot I fly in and out of CLASS C, Class D, and Class B airspace with my airplane every week or so. I don't need special permission from a German or British, and South American Company that makes the Airplane to fly into these airports or through this airspace every time I decide to fly. If the FAA has licensed my to fly, and I have permission from ATC to land or transition through this airspace, then I am good to go! Same should be true with the LAANC program. I take personal umbrage that Certain Police and Fire Departments in IL and throughout the county have the ability to have DJI Permanently UNLOCK their drones from NFZ's , but a Part 107 and Part 61 Pilot with a lot more skill and accomplishment and knowledge, do presently NOT have the ability to have my drone Permanently Unlocked. I would guess that the majority of PART 107 pilots have a lot more knowledge and skill than the newly minted pilots from Police and Fire departments that just got their drone programs up and rolling and co-opted 5 or 6 officers or firefighters to learn how to fly a drone and pass their Part 107. I'm not taking anything away from our 1st Responders, I'm just pointing out that there should not be a "special class" of Part 107 operators. You either know the rules and hold the ticket or you don't. You either fly with ATC LAANC approval or you don't fly. How the FAA has allowed DJI to render a Professional Part 107 operator's drone useless is just unfathomable! Ok... rant finished... now PLEASE Mark Baker, get your team on this!
