Originally Posted by
rcmiket
I agree we (the AMA) were just bait in a big pond to these guys. We had neither the funds or the expertise to lobby in DC. Our only chance was to distance ourselves from the whole "drone" deal and stand on our record of members operational safety which was pretty much voluntary compliance on our part.
We ( the AMA ) choose poorly.
Mike .
If that's the case, distancing ourselves would have made no difference, and in fact hurt the AMA more. The FAA still would have issued this ruling, and the AMA would have turned away prospective new members.