It no longer matters.

The Flight Test guys have a YouTube series on regulation and Remote ID. Two of them are about their visits to the FAA UAS Integration Office in
Washington, DC, the agency in charge of writing RC regulations. They were blown away that the people there at the UASIO had no idea that anyone
flew RC model aircraft outside of a dedicated flying field, which is probably half of the hobby and nearly all of Fligh Test's target market.

For those who want to discount AMA's part in this regulatory mess, where did those people at the UASIO get the idea that RC planes are only flown at
dedicated (AMA) fields? From AMA. AMA is the de facto voice of ALL RC flying. It's AMA and only AMA who has been negotiating on behalf of the RC
flying community with the FAA on RC rules since 2008, and dictated that entire time by ONE person, Rich Hanson. Hanson started as AMA Director
for Government Affairs and was on the initial UAS task force with the FAA in 2008.

And the only thing to show for is the CBO scheme (the forced membership scam) that AMA was never fully able close the deal on. Well, now AMA
has their monopoly, FRIAs, and it's the end of the line for the hobby.

Without cheap RTF planes that anyone can buy and fly in their backyard or a vacant lot without involving the AMA or FAA. The small fraction of those
who might get inspired about RC flying from that type informal backyard flying are the only people to replace the typical aging RC flyer. That's over now.