Christmas deliveries can always be a bit of a nightmare, especially if you have to sit at home waiting for a delivery driver, not knowing exactly when he or she is going to turn up (or indeed, IF they’re going to turn up). Of course one possible answer is to have packages delivered to your work address, assuming that your employer is amenable to this idea. My guess is however, that if you work for a very large organisation, then this is probably not a very practical solution and would probably cause all sorts of problems for the company mail room.

Amazon’s latest answer to this predicament is their ‘Prime Air’ drone. Unfortunately, as practical solutions go, this has to be one of the most impractical ever and is absolutely fraught with pitfalls – possibly too numerous to mention. Don’t get me wrong, I love technology, but this idea, even for me, is just a bit too incredulous….. or at least for now. Apart from the obvious perils of civil aviation, apparently these drones would also be severely restricted by weather, weight and physical distance from the warehouse. On top of all this, not only would the recipient have to be at home to receive the parcel, but the sender would also have to be in contact to advise of the exact ‘landing’ time (assuming that you don’t live in an apartment and have somewhere for the drone to set down your box). Shooting at drones would also provide a great new sport for the opportunists!

Suffice to say that owing to the many drawbacks, your Castro Martin won’t be arriving by drone this Christmas, or probably any time soon for that matter.

Christmas deliveries can always be a bit of a nightmare, especially if you have to sit at home waiting for a delivery driver, not knowing exactly when he or she is going to turn up (or indeed, IF they’re going to turn up). Of course one possible answer is to have packages delivered to your work address, assuming that your employer is amenable to this idea. My guess is however, that if you work for a very large organisation, then this is probably not a very practical solution and would probably cause all sorts of problems for the company mail room.

Amazon’s latest answer to this predicament is their ‘Prime Air’ drone. Unfortunately, as practical solutions go, this has to be one of the most impractical ever and is absolutely fraught with pitfalls – possibly too numerous to mention. Don’t get me wrong, I love technology, but this idea, even for me, is just a bit too incredulous….. or at least for now. Apart from the obvious perils of civil aviation, apparently these drones would also be severely restricted by weather, weight and physical distance from the warehouse. On top of all this, not only would the recipient have to be at home to receive the parcel, but the sender would also have to be in contact to advise of the exact ‘landing’ time (assuming that you don’t live in an apartment and have somewhere for the drone to set down your box). Shooting at drones would also provide a great new sport for the opportunists!

Suffice to say that owing to the many drawbacks, your Castro Martin won’t be arriving by drone this Christmas, or probably any time soon for that matter.