If we refuse to register the FAA will ban all r/c flying. That will make it easy for them; there will be no need to determine who is registered and who isn't. This is a no-win situation for us. The hobby is doomed no matter what we do or what AMA does; further more restrictive rules are sure to follow. With a membership totaling only about 180,000, AMA is too small to sway bureaucrats and politicians.