AMA is touting it's new communications outreach, something called AMA Drone Report on the Aero-News Network (link #1 below). What caught me by surprise was that despite "AMA" in the title, two of the four stories were unfriendly to AMA (IMO).

First, at about the 2:45 mark, it talks about the International Drone Racing Association offering PRIMARY insurance to its members. Yes, it's more expensive than AMA, and varies with the number of sUAS, but it pays FIRST before your homeowner's. It also offers event and site insurance as well. Lastly, they have their own CBO like rules, so they appear to be a viable option. Yes, you're limited to 400 feet, but I could see that changing as they mature.

The second interesting story was the failure of the AMA to stop the Orlando ordnance. They even ran the quote from AMA member saying it would kill the hobby in Orlando, and yet despite AMA's influence, it passed on a voice vote w/o dissent.

AMA is apparently a sponsor of the report, but they clearly don't control content. Ouch!!!



Link #1: http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/med...-news-network/

Link #2: http://www.idra.co/membership-options/