Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
If only someone had a time machine…………..It’s too bad we will never be able to do anything but speculate if anything would have been different. However there is all that evidence sitting in the corner of the room that the FAA has made a distinction between the two and have been pretty much been leaving us alone.
AMA is still bent on drones. Still up on AMA's website is their sUAS Flight Safety Guide for FPV running several pages in length (AMA safety code for model aircraft is one page), It's filled with nonsense like, "AMA FPV pilots should consider using a programmable autopilot (AMA Document#560) with a failsafe “return to launch” (RTL) feature that will maintain control of the aircraft in the event of signal loss." Something only needed for FPV miles away. AMA does not define VLOS, leaving the door open for FPV slackers, It's OK if the operator takes off his goggles and can see his drone. The FAA leaves no ambiguity, "This means that either the recreational flyer or the visual observer must have eyes on the aircraft at all times".
"However there is all that evidence sitting in the corner ..." is jargon for corporate brochures. We get it. You're fine if everyone else gets grounded as long as you can play in your little FRIA box.