To HN readers in general, here is how to understand how the FAA thinks, and why they will never deviate:
1) Passengers are assumed, correctly, that they cannot evaluate the risks of a flight, and FAA regulations must protect them.
That's why you won't see passenger drone flights in this century in the US, or any advertised "ride sharing" between strangers.
(The FAA has been slow on banning helicopter skid pop-out floats for sightseeing flights, but I predict that will change.)
2) That VFR and IFR flights must be physically separated.
That's why everything that moves will be required to have ADS-B out.
If you're involved in any kind of business model that opposes the above, it is only a matter of time until the FAA stops you. You're welcome to use the words "doctrine" or "never" when explaining the above.
1) Passengers are assumed, correctly, that they cannot evaluate the risks of a flight, and FAA regulations must protect them.
That's why you won't see passenger drone flights in this century in the US, or any advertised "ride sharing" between strangers.
(The FAA has been slow on banning helicopter skid pop-out floats for sightseeing flights, but I predict that will change.)
2) That VFR and IFR flights must be physically separated.
That's why everything that moves will be required to have ADS-B out.
If you're involved in any kind of business model that opposes the above, it is only a matter of time until the FAA stops you. You're welcome to use the words "doctrine" or "never" when explaining the above.