ADU 0445: FAA INTERVIEW - How to get airspace authorization, and how that process may change in the future

Summary: Today we have an exciting show as Kevin Morris from the FAA joins us for an interview. He is the FAASTeam Program Manager out of the Minneapolis Flight Standards District Office. We think you'll find this episode especially interesting. Stay tuned, thanks for joining us, thanks to Kevin for his time and fly safe! Get your questions answered: http://askdroneu.com/. Tell us what you think of the our show. We listen and tweak often. So please leave a review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Download the Periscope app and watch our "pre-show" about 5 minutes before the live podcast (@THEdroneU). Watch Ask Drone U live by visiting our Facebook page (link below). Follow us: Site - http://thedroneu.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: 1:09 - Is Kevin Morris an advocate for drone flying? 5:05 - CoA and CoW and info on waivers/exemptions authorizations 10:25 - Rule of thumbs from FAA 12:06 - Discussion on Authorization requests 90 days in advance 13:55 - Summary on lead time issues 14:25 - Further discussions on Lead time issues 17:02 - Proposal to getting instantaneous approvals using an App 19:25 - Getting blanket authorizations 21:45 - What does FAA feel about local ATC officials providing permissions 23:12 - Is it possible to circumvent online CoA process 28:48 - What to do if someone notices an illegal UAS operation 34:04 - What is the FAA's opinion on the logbooks/ maintenance logs as far 107 is concerned 38:09 - Flying on 333 vs 107 and FAA's view on flying them 45:05 - Tentative time to develop the FAA App