UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 1250; Flight Crew Type 10
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Procedure
After doing a day long course on Part 107 and FAA exam prep; I acted as a RPIC (Remote Pilot in Command) and another RPIC were demonstrating to our class the safe operation of Drones. A pilot in a Cherokee PA-28 landed and a plane was on final. We were well off of any runway and safely conducted our demonstration. As the aircraft was clearing the runway we put both Drones on the Ground. We were not near the aircraft and we were far away from the runway safely demonstrating on the far west taxiway of the apron. The pilot in the Cherokee started accusing myself and the other RPIC for illegal flying a drone in class D airspace. We cordially told him we were in Class G airspace and flying pursuant to Part 107. He kept saying that we were not and were operating illegally. We then informed our class of the misunderstanding of the regulations and how Part 91 pilots and Part 107 share the NAS and how we need to work to educate each other and effectively communicate with each other.
A commercial pilot instructing a UAS ground school class at 3G3 Airport (Wadsworth; OH) was confronted by an aircraft pilot who accused him of flying in Class D airspace. His UAS flew below CLE Class B and outside CAK Class C.