Originally Posted by
Retiredat38
So the AMA DID play a part in this no-fail test?
Pray tell, what part did they play?
Did they push for it to be a no-fail?
Reason is, such a test is a joke and will be regarded as such by the membership. Since there is no possibility of it impacting ones ability to fly RC (recreationaly) and one really doesn't need to know anything to pass the test. Eventually that's exactly what we will have, a bunch of RC Pilots who don't know anything.
The AMA helped formulate the question bank, but at the end of the day it is the FAA that has final say on the question content, test structure, minimum passing grade, etc. Even if the AMA receives authority from the FAA to give the test, they are only administrators of the test, and are bound by FAA policies (unless the FAA grants them some form of ‘training center’ certification, which would require the AMA to write a full training curriculum and have it approved by the FAA)
R_Strowe