Federal Aviation Administration

also referred to as: faa

5 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Adam Thierer · said 40 times in 12 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Eli Dorado (16), Balaji Srinivasan (5), Philip Buckendorf (4), Marc Andreessen (4), Saurabh Ladha (2), Adam Thierer (2), Samuel Hammond (1), Jorge Conde (1)

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2024 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
2022 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2019 24 mentions in 4 episodes 6 per episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Federal Aviation Administration, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tech innovators should avoid federal agencies starting with an 'F'
“So what technology innovators need to understand is that their job is going to be a lot easier if they don't have to deal with an agency with an F at the beginning of it. So whether it's the Food and Drug Administration, or the Federal Communications Commissio…”
Adam Thierer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:59 a16z Podcast | Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Dorado: Fewer than half of US consumer drones were registered in 2016
“I think there's something like a million plus consumer drones, and only 400,000 have registered.”
Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:16 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Hammond: Shooting down a drone carries federal penalties like shooting an airplane
“As long as we're treating drones as any other kind of airplane I wouldn't recommend this, but if a drone is trespassing over your property and you choose to shoot it down, it's like treated as shooting an airplane, which is like 25 years in jail or something l…”
Samuel Hammond Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:56 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Prediction Held up
Dorado: FAA permanent commercial drone rules will be released in June 2016
“They're still not out, but they're coming. It'll probably be sometime next month. There will be some permanent commercial drone rules.”
Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:17 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Dorado: A two-kilogram drone causes human injury once per 187M flight hours
“And for a two kilogram drone, I think we found that there might be a human injury once every hundred eighty seven million years.”
Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:51 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
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