Amy Wiegand’s new AeroRev Co-Pilot aims to address a familiar challenge in the commercial drone industry: turning aviation skills into sustainable revenue. Earning a Remote Pilot Certificate gives commercial drone operators the credentials they need to get started. It does not tell them what to charge, which customers to pursue, or how to turn a technical skill into a … [Read more...] about The Hard Part May Come After Learning to Fly: Helping Drone Pilots Build a Business
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Mind Over Drone: How Cognitive Load and Pilot Fatigue Are Reshaping Flight Safety
Part 1 of DRONELIFE's Exclusive Series: The Human Edge: People, Perception, and the Future of Drone Operations  In this three-part DRONELIFE guest series, transportation and aviation experts Aloha Ley and Giovanni Carnaroli examine the human dimension of drone operations through the lens of current research and operational experience. Rather than focusing solely on technology, … [Read more...] about Mind Over Drone: How Cognitive Load and Pilot Fatigue Are Reshaping Flight Safety
Commercial UAV Expo Announces FAA and EASA BVLOS Keynote for 2026
Regulators from the U.S. and European Union will close the September event in Las Vegas with a side-by-side comparison of transatlantic BVLOS rules. Commercial UAV Expo has announced its second and final keynote for the 2026 event, an FAA and EASA BVLOS keynote titled "Two Skies, One Conversation: Comparing FAA and EASA Approaches to BVLOS Drone Operations." The moderated … [Read more...] about Commercial UAV Expo Announces FAA and EASA BVLOS Keynote for 2026
Beyond “BVLOS Is Necessary”: SAFE Brief Defines What a Workable Rule Must Deliver
New policy brief reframes BVLOS as infrastructure policy, industrial policy, and digital coordination policy, not just an aviation update. SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo) will release its new policy brief, From Waivers to Scale: How BVLOS Modernizes America’s Low-Altitude Infrastructure, during a free webinar tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 17) at 1:00 PM ET. Register … [Read more...] about Beyond “BVLOS Is Necessary”: SAFE Brief Defines What a Workable Rule Must Deliver
From the Other Side: A Small Business Owner on the Potential Impacts of a Ban on Chinese Drones
As the debate over proposed bans on Chinese drone platforms continues, we present this guest post from Michael Thompson, drone pilot, FAA Safety Team representative and the founder and lead instructor of a drone business, Connecting Skies, LLC. Â Here, Michael writes about how a ban on Chinese drone platforms could impact the pilots and business owners like him who currently … [Read more...] about From the Other Side: A Small Business Owner on the Potential Impacts of a Ban on Chinese Drones
