Originally Posted by
phlpsfrnk
Lets not blame all of this on the government. First we have an organization that spent X amount of dollar’s lobbying Congress for an exemption to a segment or UAVs from regulation. The 112[SUP]th[/SUP] Congress in one of its few accomplishments and great wisdom by law granted that exception. This forced the FAA to define by interpretation what that law meant and how they intended to enforce it which by the way is one of the things they get paid to do. Now we have the same organization, along with several others crying foul and suing the FAA over their interpretation.
Sure seems like an excellent example of the old adage:
"Be careful what you wish for, as you just may get it." I think AMA is in way over it's head on this one. Their latest ideas: sue FAA and hire a new
PR firm. The wisdom of the former? Seems to be a case of closing the barn door after the animals have already escaped. The latter? One only has to look at the number of negative stories about "drones" hitting the major media each month; compare that with the last time you saw an AMA sponsored positive story make the major media. I doubt that hiring a new
PR firm will impact that...the organization has lost too much ground.