Originally Posted by
franklin_m
Yep. Pretty clear the walls are closing in on non-RemoteID LOS ops. First drive them all to FRIAs, then FRIAs go away over time, and pretty soon if it flies, it has to have RemoteID.
And nothing in AMA's comment on the NPRM stating they would step up (or begin) efforts to enforce their line of
sight rules. AMA wastes several pages going on about the safety of model aircraft, 80-year history, etc. The rule
is aimed at FPV and drones.
Not once in AMA's comment do they even acknowledge their FPV program, just 2 references to "collocated
spotter" divorced from the subject. Do they really think the FAA doesn't know about it?
"The FAA is aware that at least one community-based organization permits “first person view” (FPV) operations
during which the hobbyist controls the aircraft while wearing goggles that display images transmitted from a
camera mounted in the front of the model aircraft. While the intent of FPV is to provide a simulation of what a
pilot would see from the flight deck of a manned aircraft, the goggles may obstruct an operator’s vision, thereby
preventing the operator from keeping the model aircraft within his or her visual line of sight at all times."
That's a footnote from the FAA's interpretation of 336. Not likely forgotten since AMA sued them over it.