Drones

[Miguel]

Does anyone know whether Jamaican Customs will allow you to bring a drone into the country?

[Accompong]

Does anyone know whether Jamaican Customs will allow you to bring a drone into the country?

Personally, I hope not. Already enough intrusion in our lives but, here is a video shot from a Hoverfly drone that was brought into Jamaica a few months ago.

Peace and Guidance

[MikeyNYC]

I'm pretty sure I saw one last night, or was that the night before? Anyway, it it had a green light and buzzed up the cliffs, hovered then back the other direction.

[takinitslow]

I'm pretty sure I saw one last night, or was that the night before? Anyway, it it had a green light and buzzed up the cliffs, hovered then back the other direction.

Mikey maybe that was from the sub or the special cake

[jojo p]

Mikey maybe that was from the sub or the special cake

lol!!

[MikeyNYC]

Mikey maybe that was from the sub or the special cake

I know I know what it sounded like. Knew I was gonna get beat on that one.

[Shaggy]

wow please keep the drones home lol

[Accompong]

wow please keep the drones home lol

Totally agree with that.

Also...

Have the Mobay girls meet you on disembarkination and they will cut you straight thru the mustard. Stay in the green line at the last station. The will not mess with the Mobay girls and they will check nothing, and if they should, grease a palm or two.

I think that is not good advice. If they ask what is in your bags and you show a drone, the assumption is that you will be leaving it when you leave and that will be a dutiable item. The "Mobay girls" are not a guarantee that you will not be checked and "greasing" a palm or two can get you in big trouble if the palm is attached to the wrong person.

Just my opinion.

[Rob]

The topic of camera drones has come up several times at some of the local hangouts, and to a person, the born Jamaicans I have spoken with are opposed to such action being done in their neighbourhood and this stems from the invasion of privacy issue. They are against the idea.

I dont think it is technically illegal to bring drones to the island, but I also dont think the courts have ruled yet on their legal and non-legal uses.

There are a few companies that offer drone video services in Jamaica, Skycam and JamaicaUAV being two of them. To protect the public, both these services enact protection policies.

Skycam - "They’re registered with the JCAA (Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority) and observe several safety rules such as a ten foot (10 ft) Take-off Radius and Logging flight plans with the JCAA. They also avoid flying within three miles (3 mi) of the Airport or above five hundred feet (500 ft)."

JamaicaUAV - "Jamaica UAV Limited, deploys no fly zone safety feature integration into its UAV/UAS"

On a Jamaica Tech Forum from last year one of the comments was "Just seeing these, really cool. Kinda creepy, but really cool. How much longer before we need air traffic controllers for these things lol".

This question was asked on a Cruise forum and one comment was "There have been big problems with people using drones here in the US. Don't risk getting into trouble by bringing it on a plane or ship. Actually, with increased security checks, I doubt you'd get it past security measures. And, unless you know the specific rules in every port you're visiting, it's not worth the potential problems.

A teen tried taking a drone on a US flight, and it was not allowed."

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2075389

[takinitslow]

Its Ok Mikey you are there and we are just wishing we were indulging in some special stuff and seeing magic green lights.