How To Be A Successful Commercial Drone Pilot

So part of my self-improvement plan is to start writing again (with How to be a successful commercial drone pilot – Part 107 as my first article on DroneXL), sometimes just for myself and sometime to share. I saw yet another post from a brand new pilot looking to jump ship from a job they are unhappy with right into starting a drone business. I wish them luck obviously, but it inspired me to write this. I know most here know this already, but it looks like we have an increasing number of new pilots here, too. It’s completely unedited and came out much more negative than I meant it to sound. I wasn’t going to share it, but then I thought it might be more helpful than discouraging so here it goes:

Becoming an independent commercial drone pilot

Becoming an independent commercial drone pilot is an increasingly uphill battle. Tighter regulations, market saturation, increasing costs of hardware, software, and insurance are all making it much harder for new and aspiring pilots…