Myslef, I don't understand the need!

I don't see the reasoning in teaching a few thousand security screeners to recognize RC equipment as legit hobby items so that they can let us carry them on board!

How dumb do you have to be to not realize that a live RC transmitter could be used to detonate a device in a cargo compartment on board any airliner?
I can think of at least a half dozen other ways to use RC equipment for terroristic purposes, and I am NOT a terrorist.

If you find something 1000 miles from home and you want it that bad, SHIP IT! FED Ex, UPS, Emery, USPS, Mailboxes Etc. and MANY MANY MANY other companies are so ready to help that it is insane to consider the need to carry them on board!

I for one am disgusted that the AMA and our officers would even be so stupid as to waste the time of our Government's officials with such rediculous notions.
If Dave and company have extra time on hand, perhaps they could address how national security agents might prevent an RC Aircraft from delivering Nerve agents over the Super Bowl, or along a crowded beach or across the Mall in DC.

Convenience at the risk of security?
Get real!

Tom