You might be a PhantomPilot if...

[MarcOD]

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Nothing wrong with people using words to assist them in feeling good about themselves. Incidentally, you will find more and more people like me who call themselves "airplane drivers" rather than say we "fly". More and more when people say they "fly"...what they really mean is that they sit in back of someone ELSE's airplane...!

There is an interesting parallel in how the general public dislikes both " real " general aviation, and now that drones are becoming known to the general public....they dont like that either !

We in general aviation have NOT been regulated out of existence - we did have to accept some restrictions society imposed on us. For example, we cant use our airplanes in the public airspace unless they are registered, marked accordingly, and we have first been tested and instructed on basic safety regs.

I dont like the government sticking its greedy nose into what I do. But the reality is, if we dont agree and even support and encourage some regulation, the general public will squash us.

You have to be upset about potential privatization of the FAA....

Note the highest altitude...ifly2high is a totally different reference [emoji6]

 

[NetDep]

Less than twenty replies and this otherwise clever thread goes sideways.......

 

[rahalpha]

...as a real estate photographer, the first question you ask about shooting a new listing is "Would you like aerials with that?"

...when asked "Can you shoot that Thursday?" Your first response is "Let me check the wind forecast."

...when given the address, the first couple things you do is check airport locations and if Verifly will cover you there.

and:

...you have more batteries for your Phantom than you do for your DSLR

 

[Super Dave]

And the #1 way you know you might be a PhantomPilot is...

...if you buy a Phantom then don't bother reading the instruction manual. Next, you have a question. You do not Google it, check YouTube or even see if the question has already been answered 5 times in the past week at PhantomPilots.com. Instead, you ask the question in a very general manor and not include relevant detals such as the specific model you own or a screen capture or anything else that would be helpful. Finally, just as people are helping you with your issue, you disappear, not even bothering to say thank you.


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Doug Ales

.....when you have more than 20 posts in one drone forum thread.

 

[rahalpha]

I don't think I am a drone "pilot". I think I am a drone OPERATOR.

From my limited experience with my "new" Phantom 3 "standard", I do not see how a human of normal physical dimensions could pilot it. I have seen people OPERATE them, tho.

How sad that some folks' lives are, at least as it seems to them...so empty of meaning they have to claim they are pilots. Sounds pretty sad and pretentious to me.

When I "chuck" a fresh battery in my Phantom 3 'standard", turn on the controller, turn on the Phantom, and go thru its check-out in preparation for its flight..... I call myself a drone OPERATOR.

When I get into my airplane, go thru the pre-engine start check-list, in preparation for its flight, that's when I call myself a pilot (well...to be honest...I have taken check-rides, after which the examiner has wondered whether I should be allowed to operate a power lawn-mower without adult supervision.......! )

Oh well..it's a free country...I think everyone should use language in such a way that for them accurately expresses their needs.

My FAA 107 "License" (or Certificate or plastic card in my wallet) says "Remote Pilot". Works for me.

 

[Super Dave]

In the evening you look at the horizon and know the the clouds are setting up for a nice sunset you hurry and charge a battery and set up your bird.

...wait, what?

 

[Super Dave]

You can't watch tv without saying "that's a drone shot....thats a drone shot..."

 

[Super Dave]

.....when your checking this forum before you prep your fishing rods.

 

[Signal Tracer]

You have to look at every flag you pass and note wind direction and speed......

 

[Signal Tracer]

It's blowin' a gale outside but the batteries are on full charge...just in case!

 

[Tango Lama]

Facetime pisses you off because you can't control the camera.

When your send the drone to the mall to scope out parking !

 

[schlepprock]

... When you're a truck driver and you call ahead to have your wife plug your battery up to top it off...

 

[PHANTOM_PILOT13]

If you have the addiction to look at your phantom and check everything by turning on controller then off and looking at the battery.

 

[DougAles]

pi·lot
ˈpīlət/
noun

1. 1.
   a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

It does not state that you need to be in the aircraft, only operating the controls of the aircraft. Since the FAA has defined sUAS as aircraft, someone who operates the controls of the aircraft, is a pilot of said aircraft. You can call yourself an operator, and that you are. But by calling yourself a pilot you are defining what you are operating. If you think people should say sUAS pilot then that is a whole different matter but technically a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft is a pilot.

As my local garbage man said while correcting me; "Sanitation Engineer."

 

[Alan Russel]

When you drive your car, your drone takes its pride and place in the front passenger seat.

 

[John Decker]

.. your wife won't let you get a motorbike

 

[Noodle]

...when you have joined and become a member of this PhantomPilots website. Simple.

 

[Signal Tracer]

You buy a "sUAS Operator" safety vest.....

 

[42FrankZ]

You have to look at every flag you pass and note wind direction and speed......

As a sailor I do that...[emoji1]

 

[J5255]

It's just you and the mosquitoes in the center of a swampy field.