Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Airline Pilots Engaged on Issue of Unmanned Aircraft
The FAA has authorized ConocoPhillips to use the catapult-launched Insitu ScanEagle to monitor whale migrations and ice floes in the Chukchi Sea. (Photo: Insitu)
The FAA has authorized ConocoPhillips to use the catapult-launched Insitu ScanEagle to monitor whale migrations and ice floes in the Chukchi Sea. (Photo: Insitu)

Two years out from the September 2015 deadline the U.S. Congress established to introduce unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) into the nation’s airspace system, airline pilots are engaged in the process of developing standards and practices that UAS operators will follow.