Originally Posted by
RBardin
I agree with Desertlakesflyings' assertion that Taylor case needs to be reopened and the judge needs to order an injunction based on the previous ruling. I'll go a step further and say I'd like to see the AMA fund this action since they were embarassingly beat to the punch by Taylor to begin with.
A periodic reauthorization shouldn't nullify a legal decision. Maybe thru a loophole it now does, but since congress passed a law prior to the FAA's original overreach, and there is now legal precedent shooting it down, that injunction should be fast & easy.
How exactly does bowing to repeated & illegal FAA overreach by providing the FAA access to our bank accounts - then in turn being issued FAA numbers though not being afforded the same rights of access to federally funded airports to fly at - improve safety? Please be specific about the safety aspect with your answers.
I would argue that this has 100% nothing at all to do with safety, most especially to the safe operation of model aircraft by AMA members who are already sworn to strict and defined rules to begin with.
Do you understand the Taylor decision?
Registration isn't illegal. Under the law at the time, the FAA was prohibited from making a new rule (doesn't matter what, it just happened to be registration) that affected model aircraft.
The judge ruled that the FAA clearly created a rule and voided the registration mandate.
Now, congress passed a measure that signs into law aircraft registration and charges the FAA with enforcing it. It's not an FAA rule so there's nothing to overturn. Adding to that, there was no reason for the AMA to challenge it on the terms that Taylor did because they/we knew that even relief would be short lived because Congress wants to at least give the appearance of promoting the safety of the NAS