“Waiver Committee” and Associated Rules Relative to World Record Attempts

The difficulty here has to do primarily with the inclusion in the safety code of the prohibition for autonomous flight which is not prohibited under the FAI rules; we have effectively blocked the capability of an American modeler to set certain FAI records. Suggestions on how to handle this included establishing a process by which a waiver to that rule could be granted or removing from the safety code the item pertaining to the definition of model airplane which includes a reference to autonomous flight. The President is of the opinion that removing it from the safety code is the better option.