Call, email, and/or write your congressman. Send all your friends an email asking them to do the same. I would imagine our congressman won't like the fact the FAA has ignored their legislation and sidestepped them.

Contact your congressman today!!!

Here is a great article just out from a law firm in regards to this issue. Before reading check out their area of law....


http://jrupprechtlaw.com/myrupprecht...istration-rule

Ace, I like your idea.
Could you post a brief outline of the key points that a letter to our representatives should contain..?

Here ya go!
Dear Congressman/Senator:

As a model aviation enthusiast and member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics ("AMA"), recognized as a national community-based

organization, I am very distraught at the recent announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration that beginning December 21, 2015,

we will have to register with them and pay a fee for doing what we have been doing without the need for federal registration for many

years. This new requirement is in utter and complete defiance and contradiction of he FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 which

was passed by Congress and the Senate. Section 336 of the Act provided that the FAA "may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding

a model aircraft, or an aircraft being developed as a model aircraft" provided it meets certain criteria further defined in the act,

all pertaining to the use of such aircraft as a hobby and under the aegis of a "nationwide commnity-based organization."

The AMA is such an organization, and was part of the process that resulted in the recent registration requirement. However, the new

requirement was put in place over the objection of the AMA and in complete disregard for the 2012 Act. The FAA claims that the new

requirement is not a new rule, but rather an enforcement of an existing regulation that requires the registration of all pilots. This

"excuse", if you will is complete nonsense.

First of all, the Act does not say that no new rule would be enacted, the Act uses the word "promulgate". The definition of

"promulgate" includes 'publicizing, promoting and making widely known'. By announcing this new process, they are most certainly

'publicizing, promoting and making widely known' this requirement, whether new or not. I submit it is a new requirement, because they

are making new provisions for the registration of model aviation enthusiasts in a manner that heretofore did not exist.

Secondly, the FAA is not consistent in enforcing its requirement to register pilots in the interest of air-space safety, because there

is no such registration requirement for pilots of so-called 'Ultralight' aircraft. Because their range of flight is far greater than that

of a radio-controlled airplane, and due to their sheer size and weight, they present a far greater safety to the public than a model

airplane.

The AMA is a well-known and respected organization that has fostered aviation education and model flying for over 80 years. For these

reasons, in the 2012 Act, Congress, in recognizing such value, protected the model aviation hobby from any FAA regulation. We now see

the FAA acting in complete disregard for the law and overriding Congress' protections.

On behalf of all model aviation hobbyists, I hope that you will look into the FAA's actions, and do what is necessary to void the

actions of this rogue agency.

Thank you for your consideration.