JR,
Yes it is Jay Mealy. I have been in contact with him already. He is out of town till next week and we are going to talk then.
That is good to hear about Mr. Koranda. Sounds like he is a good person for the job.

I guess my point to all this is regulation doesn't have to be a pain in the proverbial backside IF we get involved and persue how it is done.
The FAA has made it clear to a bunch of people that they don't know how to handle this. They have ASKED for help from those of us that want to (The AMA, RCAPA, ASTM, RTCA, etc...) This is such a new concept with government I am still in shock.
However if we don't speak up through our special interest groups we are going to be left out holding the bag.
I also don't feel now is the time to just say things to the effect of go away we don't want regulation.
We need to be giving them ideas to support our use that will provide them with information to write regulation.
The challenge to this is the "goals" of the regulation have been shrouded in darkness this entire time. We are just now starting to learn more about the issues at the commercial level and the hobby level I am still a bit in the dark as to the FAA's needs. I have some ideas, but they are based on the commercial needs we know about.

I would love for all of this to go away as much as the next guy, but until it does I want to be part of the voice that drives this. Hopefully keeping a more level playing field against the governmental machine that usually runs over this stuff.