Originally Posted by
fliers1
Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. ' I posted this as an analogy of what our hobby is going through.
Captain Smith of the Titanic is spot on. AMA thought they were invincible and would always have the backing of
Congress. Drones ended that fantasy.
Right off the bat AMA will be losing 25-30K paying customers. Those are members who fly off-site or belong to a
club but only go infrequently and mostly fly closer to home, who will now quit. AMA had over 4 years to prepare for
remote ID and didn't push for an exemption for some type of RC planes that could be flown anywhere, and maybe
keep those members. Instead, AMA went after their monopoly.
This is from AMA's formal comment to the FAA regarding the high profile drone incidents cited in the NPRM:
"AMA’s safety protocols would not allow these types of operations."
Who enforces AMA's safety protocols? Not AMA. And these are off-site violations. It's laughable on it's face.
AMA's audacity with the FAA never ends, most included numerous laws being broken.
AMA nominating themselves to be the regulator of all RC flying armed with only their safety guide, while continually
fighting the FAA and expecting FAA to do the enforcement has a price. FAA's vision for the AMA is a country club
where fewer and fewer will have to pony up for the costs of flying fields.
"Over time, the FAA anticipates that most UAS without remote identification will reach the end of their useful
lives or be phased out. As these numbers dwindle, and as compliance with remote identification requirements
becomes cheaper and easier, the number of UAS that need to operate only at FAA-recognized identification
areas would likely drop significantly."