Mikeq
150cc
Remember Dimes...this is a PG-13 website...vulgar language wont be tolerated......
AMA and Multirotors
- Thread starter WoodisGood
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ChickenBalls
"Cool Guy"
I ran directly to the shop and grabbed my tinfoil helmet when he started using those big words.
Mikeq
150cc
You and I think alike...increased membership visa vie money..
combat chicken
100cc
Aaahh yes! Remember the conflagration that was stirred up by that one simple tail/rudder touch.
49dimes
Damn I'm hungry
Not to worry! My "Carnal" Knowledge is extremely limited these days!
combat chicken
100cc
Have read all the post with great interest. I have already posted many comments on this thread already so no need for me to regurgitate what has been said other than the following: Sleep, you make an excellent point about your business and that light commercial use of multi"s is absolutely being unfairly punished, essentially shutting you and others down after a large investment in equipment/technology. Chickenballs, you are right on the dues issue. We the majority who fly more traditional models will carry the freight on any increase. 49dimes, Posse comitatus is apparently irrelevant now. Rember when our current occupier of the white house said "we need a national police force every bit as strong as our military".
Bottom line, FAA was so far behind the power curve on the UAV issue that they had to do something so they went the banned route on the light commercial issue in order to look proactive. AMA was caught with it's pant down on multi's and now see's a potential "cash cow" on membership expansion, realistic or not.
Bottom line, FAA was so far behind the power curve on the UAV issue that they had to do something so they went the banned route on the light commercial issue in order to look proactive. AMA was caught with it's pant down on multi's and now see's a potential "cash cow" on membership expansion, realistic or not.
49dimes
Damn I'm hungry
Yep. I wonder how we can actually call ourselves as being part of the "free" world. Farging communist bastages I tell ya!.
CatalinaWOW
50cc
Sleepy, I feel your pain, but you have to admit you knew you were on shaky legal ground from the git-go. Pioneers are risk takers, and many end up wealthy. Unfortunately far more end up the other way. Hopefully the skies will open (in more than a metaphorical sense) and you can get back to taking pictures from the air.
SleepyC
150cc
Honestly never seen this coming. Remember I started around 6 years ago. We were safe, and took it seriously. I was so stoked to find a way to use a skill that I spent 30 years honing and I thought was fun but mostly useless was actually useful. Now what the FAA is doing is tossing 30+ years of experience away and saying "Hey this guy with a PPL who has NEVER flown a Multirotor is better suited to understand a multi rotor than you. and THAT is BS. Ground school, FAA procedures, and all of that I would love to learn and be licensed, but my 30 years of experience should count for something.
Maybe to a degree.... not necessarily the AMA.... BUT any CBO that would have to be somewhat the same rules and regulations agreed apon thru the FAA. ..... AND I believe it SHOULD be that way... that way if there is ANY regulation/rule changes there would be a channel for understanding/information/education.