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Are you going to register with the FAA? Cast Your Vote!

Are you going to register with the FAA?

  • Yes

    Votes: 59 67.0%

  • No

    Votes: 29 33.0%
  • Total voters
    88
witchfingers

witchfingers

70cc twin V2
sweetpea said:
The AMA does not have my PERMISSION to hand over my personal data (name/address/phone etc) to Register with the FAA.

I will file against them if they do so without my permission.
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This is why I cancelled my AMA. They can't automatically register someone who is not a member.
 
witchfingers

witchfingers

70cc twin V2
VotecYakGuy said:
And why did the FAA close all flying sites in the DC SFRA last week? Keep asking why to each answer stepping backwards and you'll get to the root cause which in this case is the fatal strategic decision the AMA made 3 years ago to be inclusive of drones. Politics, irrespective of your views, do play a contributing role in this situation with contradictory positions being taken by Congress vs the FAA. And the AMA lacked the strategic IQ to see this coming (200,000 members AMA with $15M annual revenue compared to 1.5M drone users and a $1.5B drone "hobby" industry that is has a CAGR 10X that of the AMA). There is no benefit to anyone in registering before 2/19 (besides saving $5 bucks, wow) so its worth waiting to see if anything transpires with efforts to use our AMA numbers/membership for FAA registration that will be a low probabilty of happening IMHO. By 2/19, I'll be regisering with FAA if the AMA is unsuccessful. So, lets all use a little strategic forsight to see what our world will look like in the next 5-10 years.......

1) AMA will not exist in its current form anf function. They have and will continue to allienate their base membership with their inclusive strategy.
2) FAA registration will be the new normal with increasing stringency/regulation over time as youtube videos will continue of the worlds bottom of the barrel IQ'ers showing the world how cool it is to fly their drones in the clouds, over stadiums, over skiers, blah, blah, blah.
3) A new insurance business opportunity will emerge for the formation of a new community based organization that is exclusive of 'drones - ie. having BLOS technology/capability' as an alternative to whatever the AMA becomes OR the home owner insurance industray will create an extended coverage insurance product (if the market is big enough which is probably not the case) that we can all select

Swami VotecYakGuy out....
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I was thinking the new association that represents us should be called MASTA. Model Aircraft Safety and Training Association. It would be a representative body and also be an insurance pool.
 
M

Matt

Flyfalcons said:
Your snarky, blase responses tell a different story. You don't care at all becuse it doesn't affect you directly.
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It directly affects me and the north east iMac community! I am pleading to the AMA and FAA but they have their heads up there asses... I can't afford to move just to fly
 
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Matt

2 other things to note... Have you noticed how many freaking "drones" are in the AMA rag? Also I am against the registration because many of us have decent level security clearances and I don't want my information to be public knowledge because we do have a bit more of a target on our back... Not that OPM and our government protects it anyway
 
witchfingers

witchfingers

70cc twin V2
Matt said:
2 other things to note... Have you noticed how many freaking "drones" are in the AMA rag? Also I am against the registration because many of us have decent level security clearances and I don't want my information to be public knowledge because we do have a bit more of a target on our back... Not that OPM and our government protects it anyway
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I actually really hate that magazine. There has seldom been anything in that magazine that has any benefit to anyone on this forum. Like testing the latest foam warbird from FMS. Wow! does me alot of good. They want to pander to new flyers, thats fine, then offer a magazine for the people that dont fly rubber band powered planes and Eflite Phantom ripoffs.
 
Ohio AV8TOR

Ohio AV8TOR

Just Do It
I am going to show my age here but back in the 70's we needed to have an FCC license for our radios. I don't remember all of the details but it did fade away.
 
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