Originally Posted by
R_Strowe
And the FAA dragged it's ass for basically 2 years to actually write the NPRM. And now have spent the last year debating it and figuring out how to implement it without being strung up by the modeling community at large.
I honestly believe that the FAA does not give a fat rat's @$$ about the modeling community. They clearly do not understand us and look at the world though drone colored glasses.
The whole NPRM process is about registering our displeasure with the current process, but the reality of it is that the FAA is carrying out the laws as passed by Congress, who were lobbied by DHS, DOD and DOJ (which are branches of the administration).
And the FAA has a poor track record when it comes to changing a NPRM based on comments. Sure, it happens, but by in large most final rules look more like the original NPRM than not. I am not optimistic this case will be any different.