The AMA statement is ill advised on so many levels:

If you are trying to get the FAA to delegate it's regulatory authority to you, it is not smart to piss them off. A non-emotional discussion of points that you disagree with would be a lot better approach.

As a hobbyist who is not interested in FPV, I found nothing negative, or even new, in the FAA interpretation. They could have taken a position on maximum altitude, allowable power plants or lower weight limits. They did not. Is the AMA taking a position in support of FPV and putting the rest of us in jeopardy?

The statement reads like a knee-jerk reaction by someone who is perhaps a little too close to the situation and should have been given more consideration before being issued.

Jim