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Amazon Gets FAA Approval For Drone Deliveries
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday issued Amazon Prime Air a "Part 135 air carrier certificate," allowing it to begin commercial drone deliveries in the US. (www.cnet.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Yay.
Is it reasonable to assume these deliveries will be limited and priced accordingly above all other deliveries.
Also - who dispatches and flys and maintains the drones.
Also - who dispatches and flys and maintains the drones.
I"m not sure I see the benefit to this - range is limited, so a person would still need to load the drone in relatively close proximity to the destination. Payload is undoubtedly also pretty limited. At best I could see the drone dropping the package off at the recipient's door so that the driver doesn't have to get out of the truck, not for this system to replace the delivery drivers entirely.
Hmmm... what if you combined the trucks and drones into one delivery system? While the driver delivers heavier packages and packages where the drones can't go, have one or two drones on the roof of the truck being auto loaded with lighter packages and delivering them in the surrounding area, reducing the driver's workload and increasing efficiency? The drones could recharge on the truck as needed.
Baby steps.
Just what we need - another way to put thousands out of work.