Originally Posted by
Propworn
HUH????? Isn't that what the AMA has been doing all along attempting to get congress and the courts to force the FAA"s hand???? How do you expect any different results. The only course that I can see working is the AMA going hat in hand to the FAA and ask for an exemption for AMA members only as its the only group that they hold sway over.
That isn't an option. The scheme coming is called FRIAs, FAA-Recognized Identification Areas. AMA fields will have to apply with the FAA
for approval. Once accepted, model aircraft at those sites will be allowed to operate without remote ID, so it is an exemption of sorts. Flying
RC anywhere else will be illegal (without remote ID). The FAA has stated that they expect to reject 10%, or about 240 flying fields.
Now can you see why not advocating a hobby-wide exemption for a certain weight of model aircraft means suicide for the AMA? In addition,
fields not accepted or those rejected in the future cannot be replaced.