“McEwen’s offending showed a blatant disregard for the rules and regulations imposed on those who want to fly a drone. These guidelines are in place to protect everyone’s safety and they must be respected. We appreciate many people will feel that these are minor offences however they can have devastating consequences.” Source: Investigating officer PC Jon Parker, explaining why a UK drone operator has been hit with 17 convictions after repeatedly flying over an active industrial fire and inside restricted airport airspace, giving him the unfortunate title of Britain’s first (but, at this rate, not last) drone pilot to be charged for interference with emergency response.
