This documentary details the bureaucratic challenges faced by search and rescue personnel and their desperate need for civilian drones which are restricted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Countless lives could be saved with this existing and affordable technology, but the government prohibited their use in 2007.—Anonymous
Saving lives has been hampered by the Federal Aviation Administration!
Search and Rescue operations in the United States are denied access to life-saving small civilian drones that can enhance the searchers' abilities to rescue victims. We follow the challenges and restrictions imposed on rescue volunteers by the FAA.
The FAA prohibited all commercial operation of civilian drones in the National Airspace System on February 13, 2007.
This documentary details the frustrating experiences of search and rescue teams and the nationally recognized Texas Equusearch, as well as the continuous struggle by U.S. unmanned systems businesses to stay afloat in a harsh economic climate.
Includes interviews with advocates of small unmanned systems, business owners, search and rescue volunteers and law enforcement officials.
While defense contractors and the military continue to fly at will in the national airspace system, volunteers and civilians are prohibited by the FAA from rescuing lives in distress.
