FAA UAS hours change?
I have searched the web and most of the other pilots I talk with seem to agree in the near future the FAA will have to come up with some sort of flight hours for the UAS community.
I'm talking about large category 4 & 5 UAS platforms, ie Predator, Global Hawk, Reaper UAS platforms---NOT Radio shack camera drones purchased for $300.
I'm wondering if the FAA would allow us UAS operators some sort of hours credit, like the 3:1 flight engineer hours. All of us operating the Cat 4/5 hold commercial fixed wing with instrument ratings, but the hours we are accumulating count for nothing in the FAA's eyes or anyone else.
Has anyone heard of any proposed change for hours or what's your opinion if the FAA will ever allow UAS hours to count for something. And yes for you real pilots, I understand us UAS guys aren't real pilots since were not actually in the air, but I would like to get some type of credit for all these hours down the road in hopes of getting to a regional or 135 operation.