RE: FAA ceiling on R/C
We will need to see how this whole thing pans out. Nothing is official or really published yet (according to the AMA newsletter I read).
What I heard was that the ceiling limit was for non-AMA regulated activity. Pattern events are AMA regulated, so if this were the case we would be fine.
I believe everything right now is more or less speculation, unless there was an official decision and announcement that I missed.