David,
What exactly was wrong with the rules the way they were.I just got my waiver,after sitting on the fence for a while for a few reasons.One of the major ones is a somewhat elitist attitude from some people in this segment of the hobby.Increasing restrictions becomes burdensome,and detracts from the pleasure of this HOBBY! The paradox is that you can't legislate or impose common sense on a person that is lacking it.If you think I'm a ranting loose cannon,I'm not.I have over 12000 hrs flying,and am current on the A-320 at NWA.I have been flying R/C for 28 yrs,and still enjoy this HOBBY.I take enough checkrides,and have enough restrictions at work to keep me "legislated".I just bought 2 turbines,and have a plane on order,and have been really excited about doing this,but I'm concerned that it will be restricted to death,to the point of extracting too much of the pleasure.Did something happen to prompt "new rules"?My major heartburn comes with having to requal every year if that is true.I was lucky enough to have a very helpful TCD close by(Thanks Kerry!!),but I'm not sure requal issues won't be to burdensome.Then,what's to stop them from making it worse in the future at whim.The worst part is that these new rules are pending without a chance for us to comment on them.Even the mighty FAA has a period for comment by issuing a "Notice of proposed rule making"period for affected parties to comment.The silence is deafening.[:'(]
Erik