Just wanted to mention that I "discussed" a commercial license for Lower Saxonia with a very friendly and open minded Lady from the local authorities.
Very interesting what she told me about different regulations in the different states in Germany. And their problems evaluating the applications, especially the skills of the pilots & operators.
We were also talking about safety and ethics of camera drones. I told her about the douchbags in our hobby and companies like DJI or ARdrones who promote their toys in a manner that could spoil the fun for everyone sooner or later.
She asked me if I knew "DJI" and told me that one company requested a license for a DJI Phuntom including a dozen of pilots using it for aerial photo business.
"Jeeez, no way!" was here comment after I told her what a Phuntom is...
My license is on the way, btw.
P.S.: Our participation was recently announced:
http://de.amiando.com/eventResources/a/ ... toQuad.pdf