ORIGINAL: apwachholz
My point (in this post) is that if we're aligned more with industries that DO impact our hobby, be it big or small, issues like the early 80's frequency rulings and now the sUAS rulings won't take us by surprise or anger us as if it 'came out of no where'. Plus, what harm can come from understanding the real world of aviation. Pardon my candor but, some r/c pilots could use some flight schooling to keep the rest of use safe on the field and to promote our hobby how we would want to be promoted.
I also think this, in theory, could help make R/C safer through manditory education, however I have personally flown with many "trained and educated" licensed pilots that were poorly trained and dangerously ill informed. I see this as an attemt to 1. close possible loopholes in controlling UAV's and 2. provide a way to track (licensing of pilots and aircraft ie: N numbers) and hold accountable modelers that may cause harm. Remember the FAA was created to protect the general public from those "crazy and dangerous" pilots. Just look on "youtube" they are all over it. Even though they are the minority, they get all the attention.