While nobody else has addressed the small multirotors pilots I decided to put my time in offering a place for pilots to join. I have worked endless hours to make this happen... And it is about to become an official association. For the moment it is only a Facebook page, but in the background the community has built up to great platform for all of us pilots. It all should be out by may, please come in and share your time and experience!
As per my qualifications, I have all the qualifications, courses and radio certification to fly COAS. The company I worked for refused to apply for COAS and I resigned, loosing a great job for convictions. Lately my compagny The Dragonflyers is in the makings (like most of us) and I spent more time building and fixing multirotors and gimbals... Calibrating flights require no COAS. I am pushing through this association less restrictive UAV regulations than TC is imposing to an industry that already is regulated properly under MAAC regulations. Just doing it for money makes us less qualified and require a new set of rules makes no sense!?!?
Lets work to build a solid community... we are not drones and when we shoot people, we get pictures!