Originally Posted by
jester_s1
step 2: AMA saw that drone flying was the cause of FAA concern, and so moved to try and integrate drones into AMA flying rules. (would have been great had it worked)
I read your post again. You must have slept through the drone years: AMA sued the FAA over drones and FPV. AMA was not
interested in enforcing any rules and has never done so. As a result, the droners hid behind 336 while illegally flying BVLOS
until it spiralled out of control.
This drone/FPV free-for-all is what brought down the hobby (read the NPRM), egged on by AMA and their defiance of the
FAA. All it would have taken to "save the hobby" was to follow the AC 91-57. Puffed up with 336, AMA thought otherwise
and went after drones and FPV.
It will soon be illegal to fly RC anywhere except at AMA fields, exactly what AMA pushed for but didn't think through. The
FAA says flat out that they plan to phase out those fields, beginning with the estimated first 10% that won't be approved.
That's 240+ fields and affiliated RC flyers out of business on day one of the proposed rule. That’s in addition to the X-hundred
thousand non-AMA RC flyers left out in the cold (AMA thinks they deserve to be punished anyway). The rule also allows the
FAA to terminate a FRIA flying field for any reason.