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Old 02-28-2021 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by aymodeler
So I am curious. If the AMA had no impact bringing about the moderation to the RID NPRM, what is your theory as to how this was achieved?
The upshot is, if not for AMA's (Rich Hanson's) belligerence with the FAA modelers would have been in a position to negotiate an exemption from
remote ID (like Canada) for models lacking flight controllers or FPV. That arrogance stemmed from Section 336 and thinking they were untouchable

Hanson continued to defy the FAA on CBO/forced membership until the FAA finally issued a statement clarifying membership was not required
for 336, after that position for years informally. The FAA is the enforcement authority. Think about it. Go down to the police station and tell them you
believe that such and such law says this and that they should enforce it for you. Hanson wrote a very public article claiming that. The FAA finally got
fed up with it. You can also imagine what key lawmakers involved thought about AMA. The 2018 Reauthorization Act knee-capped AMA and the
hobby was left with a black eye with the people who mattered. AMA have since been left to begging for scraps from the FAA.

If none of that interests you, great. But don't try to dictate what anyone else should be writing about the AMA.