Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
The issues do include the 400 foot rule but it also includes all the rest that the FAA and AMA are in dispute over. As I said in another thread, IF the organizers of an event work with the local FAA office, the altitude limit could be raised or waved, within reason. IF, on the other hand, the organizers just do what they want without consulting/working with the FAA, anything that happens to the organizers or contestants due to breaking the law will be on them.
I was just talking about speedracertrixie. No reason to single him out. Pattern is
an established part of the hobby that has existed for decades without problems.
The larger point is AMA's attitude toward not just 400' but all rules is the prime cause
of the widespread anarchy that killed the hobby and the FAA taking over.