I do agree with you as well. Spike did a better job than Bolt

I don't think your teacher was correct here. I have edited many different kinds of codecs nativley using premiere pro. I also use davinci to do my grading, I have never had davinci crash on me because I was using the native files. I have files like R3D. to MP4. files pass through there natively and at times it would be a mix of a few codec all in one timeline. But I have never had any issue with it crashing. Im not sure what codec you were using to edit with or when it was crashing but it seems to me that it is an issue with your XML file/workflow from premiere to davinci.

Mac House Productions is offering a 10,000 dollar reward for any info leading to the arrest. Well Im on the case... time to go and ask questions.

"I think it always comes down to money, not safety." I agree with you on that.

Do you think the FAA will open the skies to photo/video journalist anytime soon? Or to others that want to fly commercially?

No, not even that. You can have a camera attached to it and have it be "legal" if its for your own personal use. But the moment you sell that footage for money or charge someone to film something then that when it becomes "illegal". Its the fact of money, not safety, not privacy... MONEY!!