Originally Posted by
BarracudaHockey
That's up for debate but an integral part of the AMA safety program is acknowledging to fly by the safety code and the ongoing education and TFR notifications etc that we offer.
Cause an issue for a manned aircraft and it doesn't matter if you belong to the AMA or the Communist Party, you're going to be in deep cargaza with the FAA.
The FAA has acknowledged that a CBO is a membership based organization and the AMA believes that to be within our programming you need to be a member. It's yet to be tested in court. But given that the AMA has been fighting tirelessly for years with the FAA to retain our rights, why would you not join and support them if you're going to use their hard work?
That is the whole issue. No, the FAA doesn't require actual CBO membership. But on the other hand, the AMA can deny participation in the CBO to non-members. Thus, those non-members, since they would not be participating in the CBO, would be outside of Part 101 and would have no other option than to acquire a Part 107 license. That's what I gather from the FAA.
So.. If the AMA doesn't consider a non-member as a CBO participant, and and that person can't get vetted by the TSA for some reason, or can't pass the Part 107 test, or make it to the facility to take the test for that matter, then it appears the best option may be control-line flying.