One problem with the FAA is that while I agree that they really do not want to intentionally harm our hobby, they also do not really understand it, so they end up doing things that are harmful. When the AMA sat down with the FAA to discuss the FAA's "Interpretation" of Section 336 I was told that the FAA was shocked that the AMA, or any modeler, would be unhappy. They simply did not understand the hobby or how their simple "interpretation" was harmful to the hobby.
Hopefully they will amend their interpretation after reviewing the 30,000+ comments they received. It is interesting to note that they received well over 4 times the comments on their interpretation of the Special Rule for Models than they did for the NPRM proposing new rules for unmanned aircraft. Many of the comments they got on the PART 107 NPRM came from the modeling community as well. Hopefully our voice will be heard by them.