Originally Posted by
franklin_m
You must have missed it when Andy said it was at Markham Park Florida, where AMA membership is required to fly. You must have also missed where I showed the same pilot posting video of his DJI Phantom at 3 nautical miles away, over the beach and out to sea, under the class C airspace in Ft. Lauderdale. Not like there's any VFR traffic at low altitude over beaches and/or just offshore.
What I'm pointing out this that this is a pattern of behavior. That alone justifies yanking his waiver if he has one. If he doesn't have a waiver, then why is he being permitted by others (also presumably AMA members since they're flying at a field that requires it)? That my friend is a safety culture problem. Not just with the individual (he's the most egregious example though), but by all those who stood by and did nothing.
Of course he missed it Franklin , he misses everything that can't be easily twisted to fit the "AMA = God , unwashed masses = scum" narrative that he so desperately pushes . The fact that LOTS of "blind eyes" are turned away from these types of violations is plainly evident to anyone who cares to spend an hour or two watching Utube and such . The great thing here is that since I don't fly that way , in any way shape or form , I can 100% disavow the unsafe antics shown on the video hosting sites if ever any high profile incident was to happen . When Andy first said "Markham park , Fla." I googled it and knew in about 10 seconds of reading that an AMA membership most certainly is required to fly there , and I believe Andy did search the name the guy identified himself with in his video(s) and found no turbine waiver associated with that name . But it's all good , since the flyer in question was brought up to try to push one of the many agendas , everything he did or does is just fine , so long as the all important narrative is preserved .