ADU 01238: What are the potential liabilities to consider when structuring my contract

Today's show is understanding the many liabilities that drone pilots are exposed to, when flying out on missions and contracts. Our caller for today, Isaac, and his family operate a drone business and would like to know what are the potential liabilities that a drone pilot would need to cover when undertaking a project and how pilots can be prepared for these liabilities. We address Isaac's question today by going over the many liabilities that a drone pilot can encounter. While some of these are pretty forward, most come from years of experience navigating challenging conditions. Our first topic of discussion is understanding video and picture copyrights and how as a pilot you can use tools such as pixie to enforcing licensing contracts. Next we look into flying conditions and how changes in flying conditions outside of a pilots control can impact the mission and equipment and how pilots need to be prepared for such eventualities. Knowing the best conditions for flight and understanding controllable factors help pilots to efficiently structure their contracts. Other key liabilities include data error liabilities, flying over people liabilities, changing and moving equipment/operators, deliverables liabilities and reviewing insurance policies for other potential liabilities. Whether you are new to flying or have years of experience undertaking complex flights, this is a show you dont want to miss ! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://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 [03:20] Today's question from Isaac is about understanding liability terms to be included in contracts when working with clients [05:15] Understanding client liability for video and photo copyright [06:03] Using pixie.com to autonomously enforce licensing contracts [08:05] Listing and understanding prime flying conditions for flying safely while undertaking missions [15:03] Flying over people and checking people movement during events [15:35] Losing data from storage device data corruption [17:35] Staying free for liability from deliverables submitted to clients [19:03] Additional general liability for pilots to consider [20:30] Reviewing your policy to identify gaps in insurance coverage