Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
I don't think that comparing GA with R/C aviation is an apples to apples example. If we were to look at the past 50 years I'm betting there have been hundreds of deaths and millions in property damage due to GA. R/C mignt have 6-8 deaths in the same time frame. Granted with the popularity of quads the risk goes from a model hitting a single or maybe a couple people to bringing down an airliner with 100 plus on board. That is were the FAA should be focusing their efforts. In fact it would appear that is exactly what the FAA iS doing. A great example of this is most fixed sites are hosting events without FAA interference.
And I'm willing to bet there have been millions upon millions of more flight hours by GA than RC during the same time period. And let us not forget that not all GA flights are in the perfect weather most of us wait for to fly RC. Now if an RC pilot were to die anytime his toy were to crash.................................
No, it's not apples to apples. As the GA apples have real lives tied to the seats. While the RC pilot walks away from every crash. And the FAA would like to see to it that everyone continues to walk away from an RC crash. Including GA!