ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
The compensation is not just limited to monetary payments but includes anything of value. This broad definition of compensation has been affirmed and adopted by both the NTSB and the federal courts.
but not by Silent
Once again you have spectacularly missed the point in an attempt to keep the argument going. I'll tell you what, if the FAA defines being a member of Team Futaba and getting a free T-shirt as a business purpose I will pay for a AMA Life membership for you. How's that? In fact, I'll expand that. If they deem an employee of a company like Horizon or Hobbico who demonstrate the hobby products at hobby events as being engaged in a non-exmept business purpose and thus under the restrictions of the sUAS rules, the same offer stands.
And again, what the AMA covers under their liability insurance has nothing to do with what the FAA will deem a business purpose.