BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University officials say the school still has strict restrictions on using drones on campus despite a recent move by the Federal Aviation Administration to relax regulations for commercial drone pilots.
The university’s insurance director, Larry Stephens, tells The Herald-Times that someone who sees a drone on campus should call police. Hobbyists are only allowed to fly drones on the Bloomington campus in a field along Union Street, and they have to get permission.
The new FAA regulations that went into effect earlier this week are aimed at giving businesses a less cumbersome certification process. Under the previous regulations, IU Communications had been waiting for about 6 months for an exemption.
Now, the department trying to obtain a Part 107 certification, which requires the pilot to pass a test online and get Transportation Security Administration clearance.