[creer]

This might be ripe for self-piloting drones. Let the human crop dusters fly in daylight. While the farmer programs the night mission. And the automatic drones take over at night.

[sverhagen]

Are the rules different at night? Besides being even more strict? I think not.

[creer]

Interesting. Some crop dusters indeed fly at night. And no, there are no special rules in the US - at least not for the human pilot.

Except presumably both the drone and the human aircraft would have lights which might make it easier for them to avoid each other.