The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced guidelines for the use of commercial drones, the first piece of legislation from the organization in what is bound to be a long and convoluted series of edits.

Even though a lot of the FAA's new rules are fair, one part is quite upsetting, especially for companies like Amazon and Dominos. Delivery drones will be banned from U.S. airspace.

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The exact reason why delivery drones have been singled out isn't clear, but this will stop Amazon Prime Air and Dominos Drone Delivery for the time being.

The FAA claims certain items in the legislation can be appealed or worked on, but has so far not given delivery drones the time of day. Commercial drones will also come under regulation. The restrictions include:

• A drone must weigh less than 55 pounds
  

• It must be operated in daylight
  

• Drone flyer must be able to see the drone
  

• Drones must fly under 500 feet
  

• Drones must fly under 100 miles-per-hour
  

• Drones must never fly over people
  

These are quite limiting rules, especially for security drones that may need to work nights. Of course, the FAA might look into making exceptions for some types of commercial drone.

For filmmakers, this is an ideal set-up and the company should be able to gain permission to film at night if the need arises. Having a drone shoot some of the shots could bring a new era of filmography to the movies.

"We have tried to be flexible in writing these rules," said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. "We want to maintain today's outstanding level of aviation safety without placing an undue regulatory burden on an emerging industry."

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