CASA, et al., are you listening?
So, flying a drone within 5.5 Km of Controlled Airspace is forbidden.
We all know why: Risks to Air Safety, &
I see the obvious Value in that.
OTOH, there are a few reasonable exceptions, worth considering:
Eg, an elderly person wants to check her/his gutters, to see if it's time to call-in their local handy-person, to clean those gutters.
If it's Not yet time for a gutter cleaning, it can be costly to ring someone to come, set up ladders & check, only to say: "All good. Call us in a month, love." …before packing it all away, & handing you a bill for the Fall-Out.
Most homes of some towns are almost entirely within a 5.5 Km circle around the local airport.
Since homes tend to be much "shorter" than the lowest altitude, than any plane should be flying, it seems reasonable to Allow a Gutter-inspection drone to fly, eg, up to 1m above their home's rooftop, to check gutters, roofs, etc. …without worrying about getting fined for it.
Perhaps drones can be programmed Not to fly above max. (roof-height + 1m), & possibly within the perimeter of the owner's block of land.
After all, it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to fly a drone to each of the roof's corners & observe gutters in (at least) 2 directions from each corner, on a sunny day.
Perhaps there are heights - below which - the owner of a house can be deemed to own
the space, for reasonable purposes.
Why not add tracking + identifying perpetrators of Break-Ins (going over one's 2m fences) to aid Police in finding & tracking the perp's?
If I can photograph someone, who's trying to break into my home, why shouldn't I be free to use a drone, at a safe altitude?
What'cha think?
Ok.