National Drone Safety Board and Education Coalition formed to Combat Near Misses and Collisions

LOS ANGELES - Sept. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- National Drone Safety Board and Education Coalition, NDSB, was formed to combat near misses and collisions by irresponsible drone pilots and create a practice for standards for the integration of unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace system.

The National Drone Safety board and Drone Education Coalition has been created to assist in the creation of education modules for Drone Pilots in preparation for the Unmanned Pilots Requirements for the FAA. Currently the 333 Exemption issued by the FAA for an individual or company to legally operate a Drone for commercial purposes is only for exempting the aircraft, as a result of this, the pilot/operator must have a manned aircraft sport pilots license at minimum for legal compliance to operate an unmanned aircraft in the National Airspace System. This Safety Board and Education Coalition has the opportunity to assist the FAA in these challenges and beyond.

As we progress with the integration of sUAS (Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems)  in the NAS (National Airspace System) it is clear that the manned pilots requirements are not going to allow US Veterans and US Citizens with physical limitations to seek gainful career opportunities as unmanned pilots. This is a similar moment in time for the United States as those moments experienced when motorized vehicles and manned flight navigated through the legislative, legal, liability, and operator requirements that such transitions create. I’m confident that with the experience, knowledge, and resources of this team, we are equipped to address this challenge and the challenges of creating drone education platforms for our youth and the vocational challenges such transitions manifest.

See Board Members list Below:

Brian Wynne
President and CEO
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
Formerly Electric Drive Transportation Association, Bright Star, AIM International

James H. Williams
Dentons
Principal, Public Policy and Regulation Practice
Formerly FAA Lead Manager/Investigator Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office

Parimal Kopardekar, Ph.D.
Manager, Safe Autonomous System Operations (SASO) Project – Justifiable autonomy for enabling future airspace operationsPrincipal Investigator, Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management (UTM) - safely enable low-altitude operations NASA Ames Research Center

Mark Dombroff
Partner -Dentons
Formerly Trial Attorney with the Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Aviation Unit of the United States Department of Justice


Wilhelm Cashen - Chairman Co Founder Tesla Foundation Group and UAVSA
Physicist
Mathematician
Electromagnetic Engineer
Pilot

Keith R. Kaplan - CEO Co Founder Tesla Foundation Group - CEO UAVSA
Computer Scientist
Creative Director
Drone Pilot

Lisa Ellman
Partner Hogan Lovells
Former White House Counsel and Department of Justice Advisor for UAS in the NAS

Dyan Gibbens
CEO and Founder Tumbull Unmanned
Former Air Force Pilot
PHD Candidate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

Dave Chaimson
EAA VP Business Development
Former VP Sony Creative Software
Pilot

Chris Proudlove
Global Aerospace
SVP, Team Leader Complex Risks

Terry Miller
Founder and President of Transport Risk Management, Inc.
United States Marine Corps

Dr. Sylvia Kohn-Rich
Senior Project Engineer - Civil and Commercial Launch Projects at The Aerospace Corporation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

Jiri Marousek
AOPA
Chief Marketing Officer / SVP of Marketing
Pilot

Romeo Durscher
Director of Education at DJI
Previously:NASA
Stanford University
ROCK101 Promotions
Flextronics International

Michael Shabun
DJI
Marketing Manager/Brand Partnerships
Drone Pilot

Steven Petrotto
Blade/Horizon Hobby
Brand Manager
Drone Pilot

The UAVSA is the first and largest Commercial Drone Association solely dedicated to the commercial global drone community.  The UAVSA is tirelessly working to promote the safe and ethical commercial operation of drones for the betterment of mankind. http://uavsa.org