A pilot license may be required to manage a drone in the US

The influential Wall Street Journal, citing, as is customary to say in such cases, reliable sources, argues that in the United States a pilot’s license will be needed to control commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, and we are talking about quite common drones for everyday use. At least, the United States Federal Aviation Administration is currently engaged in regulating such flights.

Restrictions plan to introduce for light (weighing up to 25 kg) UAVs that are operated for commercial purposes. First of all, to control such a drone, an operator will need a pilot's license, for which you will have to undergo appropriate training. In addition, the flight time of the drones is limited to daylight hours, the operator’s direct line of sight and a height of just over 120 meters (400 feet).

As any government organization says in such cases, such restrictions are imposed to regulate the flights of drones and for the sake of the safety of ordinary people who have to deal with drones willy-nilly. Of course, the community of enthusiasts reacted with a fair amount of skepticism to the planned document, however, since such things are always considered by the administrative bodies for quite a long time with all sorts of bureaucratic delays, we can not expect them to really come into force soon.
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On the other hand, even such a precedent looks unsafe - there is no guarantee. that the next in line may be quadrocopters (say, quite massive). Then how similar requirements can be met by companies building a delivery business on quadrocters for various goods is a big question.

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