[shsjxjbsbs]

I wonder if we’ll see independently-owned drones doing deliveries ala Amazon’s driver-partner contractors. I suppose it depends on how much drones cost in capital and how much liability there is to make it worth it for the big cos to distance themselves that way. Employment costs probably aren’t much of an issue.

[oceanplexian]

Literally never. The FAA doesn’t mess around with this stuff. Do you think they’d trust your average Joe, who can’t even manage to keep the oil in his car changed every 10,000 miles, to maintain a 10+lb flying machine that could fall on a child or damage property? Conventional aircraft have strict maintenance and inspection intervals that require a decade of experience to work on.

[Already__Taken]

You can build your own plane... in the usa it doesn't even have to be from a kit. They just have to pass engineering inspections and categories.

[petre]

Add to that that it contains lithium batteries so it can also catch fire in mid air and set property it falls on alight.

[erikpukinskis]

As opposed to petroleum?