Originally Posted by
RBardin
Agree 100%, and so should our AMA and its SIGs. That was the spirit of the original law. Then the FAA decided to to have a ***** length contest with Congress at our expense.
That's how I see it anyway...
The AMA DOES agree %100 and so do its SIGs. The problem is, they haven't been able (yet) to convince the FAA that AMA membership and required aircraft marking are sufficient. Hopefully they will eventually be able to do so.
I hate to tell you, but both the FAA *and* Congress wanted registration. In fact, some in Congress want even MORE restrictions on hobbyists. What the AMA is trying to do, and has been successful in doing so far, is convincing them that AMA members are not general "UAS hobbists" and should be exempted from further regulation. That's what Section 336 says, and defending that is the only way forward...
Bob