Drone Pilots are Lining Up to Get Licensed by the U.S.
- ‘Sky opening up’ due to guidelines that take effect Monday
- FAA expects thousands to take tests in first week of new rule
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Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede.
More than 3,300 have signed up to take the test on Monday, the first day it’s available, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration estimates the number of drone operators-for-hire may exceed the nation’s 171,000 private pilots within a year.