Originally Posted by
littlecrankshaf
OK, maybe its time to sum all this up. Any right, liberty or privilege will cease without continual exercising and maintenance...and conceding to whatever perceived limits, by whatever language, specific or ambiguous, will accelerate the demise of any right or liberty. We really have only two choices, take the perceived easy road, concede to be timid and accept over-reach or take an opposing stance however unpopular and fight to maintain our liberties as individuals. I just happen to believe the former is in vogue now and the America I grew up in is going to be nothing but a bunch of timid, mealy mouthed, spineless wusses that can only paint by the numbers before I see the end of my existence.... But what the hey, if looking to government for your validation and needs is what you want...I support you...but if you can muster some push-back, I am with you.
Perhaps you consider flight safety to be overreach but I don't. Even today, violation of simple flight safety protocols led an F-16 to plow into a Cessna 150. Who was in the worng? I don't know. Perhaps both. But someone had to be. I read today that there are over 10,000 hobby UASs in the US flying aournd without adequate safety controls. There is a lot fo work being done to get safer including things like adding a module to your RC airplane/rotory wing vehicle that reports it's location to ATC and any ohter aircraft in the area. To me that is overreach. But if that is the only way to stop the blatant disregard for other poples lives by the few who want to get their kicks out of flying near an airport, over a stadium full of people, or gett great pictures of thta forest fire then so be it. But expecting people to act reponsibly and think about other peoples' safety would obsolete the need for Darwin awards.