ORIGINAL: Silent-AV8R
ORIGINAL: 2walla
I believe that the AMA is to bent on selling its insurance and remaining a viable financial entity so much that they tried to push themselves on the FAA more than lobbying for freedom for recreational RC. I believe they at some levels have hosed us more than the FAA so far...The AMA has put its interests above the membership and all modelers.
They should have postured to STOP the regulation by the FAA then worried how to sell insurance. The play they made was in their self interest and has backfired to the detriment of all modelers..
This is patently absurd and there is not one piece of objective evidence to support your opinion. It also demonstrates an incredible lack of knowledge and understanding of how this process actually works. But like each of us we are entitled to our opinions, even when they are based on sheer fantasy.
I suggest you do some research on the train of events The FAA was not interested in regulating hobbiest modelers. Due to the increasing pressure by the UAV industry and groups in the US wanting to buy and operate them Law enforcement, etc... the FAA had to come up with some sort of regulations- The FAA was not looking to do anything to us- but the good old AMA started up a campaing to set themselves up as a regulating authority and approached the FAA with the "AMA members are self policing and we can manage ourselves but the non-AMA fliers need strict regulation"- A ploy to force anyone with anything bigger than a park flyer to have to join to swell the dwindling ranks of the AMA.. The AMA even managed to set up some demo events where 40% planes and a high speed turbine powered jet were demonstrated.. The FAA saw some of the "toys" we wer playing with and since the AMA had broached the regulation for modelers issue we got tied up in the regulation process...
OPEN YOUR EYES , IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY...