As for superiority, all manned aircraft have the right away over models in any circumstance, if you don't believe that you can read the NTSB narrative on the Denver incident.
Apparenty the FAA disagreed with the NTSB. They suspended the full scale pilots license. There was a legal opinion of his request for the case to be reheard. For some reason no opinion on his actual suspension.
He was, IMO, show boating and almost paid the price for it.
He did pay the price for it. No fines or suspension's to the RC pilot. IMO he snookered the NTSB investigator, but the NTSB is not the one who enforces the regulations, the FAA does that.