Originally Posted by jester_s1

I don't think we are under nearly as much scrutiny as many of us think. Take your typical senator in Washington with his busy work day. He has 1000 decisions to make about budgets and bills and all the networking he has to do. Congressmen don't care about flying toys. The press put enough goofballs in the spotlight that the FAA had to do something just to look responsive, so they hit us with a $5 fee every few years. That's not the action of an organization that sees us as a significant threat. Sure, if a lot of drone pilots start getting stupid we may see more regulations, but that community is becoming more mature and more organized every month. The worst is probably over.