AMA and Multirotors

[Flyin4fun]

Saw this in an add on non R/C website yesterday.
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"Whatever you fly"... "Wherever you fly".."AMA has got you covered".. is NOT the message that the AMA should be spreading..... THIS IS A MEMBERSHIP BUILDING PLOY THAT WILL DEFINATELY HURT US ALL....... The AMA is definitely sending out the wrong message........ maybe someone should start a NEW CBO that proposes the message that ALL modelers can follow and begin the end of the AMA.
I have been a faithful AMA member since 1985 and was proud of being a member..... but this message is sickening me terribly.
I saw the same ad , yesterday, in a popup on my Comcast internet page.........just pathetic.

 

[jtec/radiowave]

Saw it on google, Yep it looks like a membership drive. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!! So with that message I can fly anywhere and anything!!!

So how misleading is that advertisment!!!!

 

[Flyin4fun]

Saw it on google, Yep it looks like a membership drive. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!! So with that message I can fly anywhere and anything!!!

So how misleading is that advertisment!!!!

Seriously................... the first thing that came to mind when I read the ad was...... "if you like your doctor , you can keep your doctor"..... just sayin

 

[WMcNabb]

This may warrant a thread all its own. The latest on FAA and drones, and actually appears to be sound reasoning.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/new...23562-1.html?ET=avweb:e2999:288424a:&st=email

 

[njswede]

The PDF document is very long and full of boring financial analysis, but if I'm reading it correctly, there will be a simple certification process of commercial operators costing in the neighborhood of $300. That's awesome! Isn't this sort of the best-case scenario? Time to celebrate?

 

[BarracudaHockey]

Still a while to go, publish the draft, public comments, address public comments etc.

But again, we are back on the good news common sense side. Of course, some political appointee with a completely different attitude could be in charge by the time this comes full circle so, who knows right?

 

[SleepyC]

WHAT IS THIS COMMON SENSE APPROACH for commercial?!?!?

 

[BarracudaHockey]

Sounds like you might be back in biz Stephen, thats awesome.

 

[WMcNabb]

A document other than the one linked in the news article above is currently posted on the FAA's website - link below. I haven't read all 195 pages, but based on a quick scan, the document seems reasonable from both a small UAS and full scale point of view.

http://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli.../2120-AJ60_NPRM_2-15-2015_joint_signature.pdf

 

[Xpress]

Here is what the document says about us as modelers/enthusiasts and NOT commercial operators, section 336.

According to this, those of us who do this for recreational purposes are 100% exempt from the FAA regulations, we only have to follow our own pre existing guidelines. I think those of us who work for model companies that don't do commercial operations with model aircraft are exempt.