So let's that that number at face value, or heck, better yet...cut it in half. Figure that number might be off as the "trend' might be gone by then, and then take into account that one might be sold, but used once and crashed, or the person just got bored with it.

So......we have 3.5 million MR up in the air.....what would ever make the FAA need to get involved and start regulating them? What is that some say, a few errant drones flown by scofflaws? Those tiny few who "ruined it for us traditional folks", and then of course the AMA embracing them.

Ya, I don't think so. The FAA has known all along these would be cluttering up the skies, and knew that it had to do something about it. I don't see blame on the "outlaw fliers" ie: Trappy, nor the AMA, or even the FAA for that matter. This was about technology advancing to the point that legitimate safety concerns were raised. Yes, I doubt some of the "sighting" numbers battered about by FAA reports, but that's not taking into the account the huge number of these things that will be in the skies eventually.