I don't see anything wrong with autonomous flight as long as the individuals involved aren't doing it in such a way where there is any potential for their pride and joy to come crashing through someone's windshield 5 miles away. As it stands, a vast majority[99.9%] of the model plane crashing I have ever seen is done within the confines of the club field, or within close proximity to the club field. The object of autonomous flight is to see how much exploring you can do with your model, and I don't think the potential for disaster outweighs the fun someone can get out of doing this. This is not twarting progress, or advancement of the hobby, it is just the AMA acting responsibly to head off what looks like a risky way to use model planes. If a guy wants to go off to eastern NEVADA to see how high and how far away he can fly, that's great, I just don't want to see this stuff being done around my neighborhood, and I am glad that the AMA does not sanction it.