NTSB Judge Order Questions FAA’s Authority to Punish Commercial Operators of UAV’s
On March 6, 2014, Judge Geraghty of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an Order finding that the FAA could not discipline the commercial operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) on the theory that the UAV was not an aircraft as the term “aircraft” has historically been defined by the FAA. This issue of FlightWatch will examine the Order issued by Judge Geraghty, an Order from which the FAA appealed on March 7, 2014.
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