A career as a Drone Pilot can be very rewarding for the right person

It involves a lot of travel, sometimes to beautiful places; our pilots have traveled to Chile, Hawaii, Iceland, and many more just in the last year. It allows you to do something many people love doing in their own personal time; fly drones and learn a new technology that is developing at a rapid pace. It can be spontaneous; some jobs require immediate attention, such as when our pilots responded to Hurricane Harvey and had to get flights out of DC in less than 4 hours.

And although the safety of flying drones – compared to alternatives – is one of their biggest selling points in energy, construction, public safety, and other industries, one might be surprised at just how many risk factors must be assessed and managed with professionalism and wisdom when you are the operating drone pilot.

Here are a few stories from our own pilots that illustrate how they were able to effectively manage risks posed by people, equipment, and weather.

It involves a lot of travel, sometimes to beautiful places; our pilots have traveled to Chile, Hawaii, Iceland, and many more just in the last year. It allows you to do something many people love doing in their own personal time; fly drones and learn a new technology that is developing at a rapid pace. It can be spontaneous; some jobs require immediate attention, such as when our pilots responded to Hurricane Harvey and had to get flights out of DC in less than 4 hours.

A career as a Drone Pilot can be very rewarding for the right person

It involves a lot of travel, sometimes to beautiful places; our pilots have traveled to Chile, Hawaii, Iceland, and many more just in the last year. It allows you to do something many people love doing in their own personal time; fly drones and learn a new technology that is developing at a rapid pace. It can be spontaneous; some jobs require immediate attention, such as when our pilots responded to Hurricane Harvey and had to get flights out of DC in less than 4 hours.

And although the safety of flying drones – compared to alternatives – is one of their biggest selling points in energy, construction, public safety, and other industries, one might be surprised at just how many risk factors must be assessed and managed with professionalism and wisdom when you are the operating drone pilot.

Here are a few stories from our own pilots that illustrate how they were able to effectively manage risks posed by people, equipment, and weather.