Originally Posted by franklin_m

I would be inclined to agree with you were it not for events I've personally observed by AMA members and AMA clubs. While I would agree that it's likely the MAJORITY of these media events are non-AMA members, I would not agree that there are not a handful of AMA members who think the rules don't apply to them or that they know better than FAA.

The problem is, we as a hobby community and the AMA as our advocacy group have not created a clear, bright, easy to understand (i.e. media friendly) distinction between "us" and "them". Unfortunately, the media train is rolling and we (collectively) are playing catch up. I'm of the opinion that it's almost too late - too many FPV and self Nav easy to fly quads are out there to stop now. The easiest to enforce from a policy standpoint - keeping in mind those operating outside of or despite the AMA code - is clear unambiguous limits like I've outlined above.