Originally Posted by
MajorTomski
Please this is NOT discussion against FPV, I’m posting in the AMA forums because I’m seeing this activity in AMA clubs.
I’d really like to know if anyone else is experiencing this.
It has occurred to me, that there are number of people who come to our club for the single purpose of flying FPV do so with extremely unhealthy narcissistic traits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism
Without exception these individuals consistently behave with the following attitudes or actions:
- The club safety rules and the AMA guidelines don’t apply to them.
- When it’s pointed out that the club rules and the AMA guidelines are there for everyone’s benefit, they attack or insult the individual that is pointing out the non-compliance with the rules.
- They can’t wait to get their latest FPV adventure up on YouTube, no mater how boring, dangerous, or non-compliant with the above guidelines it is.
- This metro area has nine RC club flying fields, Most folks belong to one or maybe two clubs depending on location and specialties, i.e. one club is exclusively pattern another exclusively scale. The FPV narcissists belong to three or more of the clubs so that more folks can admire what they do.
- Then, when they get board with the folks at the RC fields, they’ll take their skills, quads and cameras to the city parks to take more boring videos to post on YouTube. Even when there are city LAWS prohibiting operating RC aircraft in those parks.
Now before you go off on he’s just another anti-FPV old fogie, I flew my firs FPV flight back in the mid 90’s when you actually had to work at getting any meaningful results. I AM NOT against FPV. But part of the reason I fly RC is to get out into and enjoy the out doors. To me, I see modern FPV'ers sitting at a bench at the flying field with their TV glasses on and wonder; "Why did they ever leave the house, they could have just as easily done the same thing sitting in their living room?"
The question here is: Is FPV bringing the ultimate ‘raised by television’ generation into the aviation hobby and are those people hurting the hobby with a “ME and only ME FIRST” attitude?
Has anyone else seen this type of behavior in newer FPV pilots?
My Local area, the case is just the opposite. Every member wants to fly safely and follow the guidelines set by the AMA. There will always be the few exceptions, but that applies to fixed wing model pilots and Heli pilots. You can't just single out FPV / Multi-Rotor pilots. Maybe it is more in the way of how you reprimand your offending pilots?
Your "Me First" comment, just leads me to believe you must be of an older generation similar to the "Get off my lawn" generation.
Everyone should be happy our hobby is getting a little boost. Instead of being negative at the field, why not take those pilots under your wing and help assimilate them to the local flying culture?
No reason to be negative just because they fly a JET, IMAC, 3D, SCALE WARBIRD, or even a multi-rotor.
For the most part, people want to be safe and follow the rules. It really boils down to how you approach the situation.