Originally Posted by
franklin_m
You hit the nail on the head. I think they can't make a clear distinction that it's not their members. They want to hope that's the case, but they don't know for sure. Of course, if they had never embraced drones to try and boost membership, it would have been easy to make that distinction. But alas, that ship has sailed.
S you think it makes sense that every time someone does something foolish with a drone, the AMA should get right out there and condemn that? Because that surely won't put the AMA is the same category as a reckless drone operator in the minds of the public. Please. The general public isn't aware of the AMA, they just know that someone has done something stupid with a drone. Tie the AMA into that for every instance and they will most assuredly link the two together.
This is just a backdooor way for people to try to have the AMA distance itself from MR/Drones. It's not going to happen.