Originally Posted by
donnyman
Hello
The FAA is in a power grab mode as I see it' and is usng drones to scare the populace to cough up more money for itself. Which should be of no surprise when one considers the way our governing representives function.
The AMA is limited in it's powers to make many moves, and gathering data can get expensive. What rule do you think would improve the safety of any of the activities the AMA is involved in?
I haven't ever seen rules make much of a difference in anything. For instance, DWI rules exist, but the drunks are killing on a wholesale basis. (I got many more)
One cannot control the actions of those that do not exercise common decency or respect. We will always have those that make the majority of us miserable by their actions. unless some moral changes are made.
It is understadable ones concern in these matters, but the decisive actions you call for is rather vague. What specificlly do you recommend ? other than charge the leaders to DO SOMETHING?!
Well, for starters, when something is traveling at 293 feet per second, I don't understand the logic of allowing it to travel under power for almost 600 feet w/o any control. AMA doesn't require a turbine to automatically shut down for a full two seconds after loss of signal. And remember, the Assure study showed that 150 ft-lbs of energy to the torso results in a 90% probability of fatality. This same out of control turbine has on order of 80,000 ft-lbs of energy.
As to what else leadership can do, besides reducing the 2 second thing above, would be to change how they manage the revoked turbine waiver list. If someone has a history of bad behavior, doesn't it make sense to make sure that folks know about it? So if they yank someone's turbine waiver, their name stays on a list for five years. They might have earned their waiver back, but the name is still there. I'm thinking folks might behave themselves a little more.
Those are a couple ideas.