Originally Posted by
beepee
QUOTE=da Rock:
And it'd be good to remember as well that any discussion about problems at your club field should be with an understanding that a full scale at 500 in YOUR gathering's airspace is definitely not innocent.
da Rock,
Innocent or not it is irrelevant. RC is to give way to full scale in ALL circumstances. Most of us don't fly at full scale fields, so interaction with full scale is rare. Nonetheless, when full scale is encountered, it is our job to get well out of the way. If the full scale is in violation of the FARs, that is between the pilot and the FAA.
Fly safe,
Bedford
When full scale is in violation, it's between them and the FAA. Exactly the case when models are in violation, it's between them and the FAA. Your point?
One of my points is the present full scale flight rules require they not be over our fields for us to have to dodge them. And another point not spelled out is their rules seem to be unknown to an awful lot of GA pilots and apparently are seldom enforced. I was flying this morning and a full scale came down to see who was at the field. He was way under the 1200' spelled out in his training. Take that incident and expand it. The GA pilot broke an unequivocally clear rule that's been in place for decades. He certainly didn't fear enforcement. For good reason. Actually for good reasons (plural). And consider how it would have to be enforced. Somebody on the ground would have to report him. To whom. etc etc Why should we fear the FAA more than that GA pilot does. He doesn't.
Everyone on the ground in fact did exactly what you suggest is "their job". As for innocence be irrelevant, not by a long shot. The 91.119(b) rule is sensible. It's clear as well. The GA's action is dangerous, and happens more than you seem to experience. You seem to believe that only collisions are relevant situations. And then pass judgment against models because they were supposed to get out of the way. A Cessna that was supposed to be over 1000' yet encountered a model that was supposed to be <400'....... sounds like equal guilt, don't you think?