Originally Posted by
ECHO24
It wasn't to protect the hobby. Drones were the "exiting new aspect of the hobby" that AMA could not afford to pass up.
It didn't work out because AMA failed to see the danger drones posed, not the other way around.
Oh I think they saw it. They saw it well enough to propose to the FAA that drones should be required to join AMA and fly under the AMA safety code in the name of safety. It's just that the FAA didn't go for that particular solution.