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Mr. Luddite

On 12/15/2015 1:45 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:12:58 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 12/15/2015 12:53 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:46:53 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:08:41 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

Again, the concern is a 50% increase of drones, RC aircraft, etc.,
starting to be used within the next couple of months.

I also realize that enforcement of the registration requirement is
difficult. It probably would have made more sense to require
registration at the time of sale.

Or have the seller check for an AMA card prior to the sale. But, the AMA card is free
to those under 19, and there is no requirement that the kid knows any flight rules or
safety measures.

Then we would have the "drone show" loophole ;-)

These days anyone who can put am Ikea table together can make a drone
from parts and I already know a guy who is making money doing it. (he
works for my wife). Some of these are pretty sophisticated and still
less than $500 to build. (more properly "assemble" since it is all off
the shelf parts)

You can think of more reasons *not* to address a potential problem than
anyone I know. :-)

I will address useless bureaucracy when I see it. The closest thing I
have seen for why they are doing this is to "raise awareness", like
these people don't know you are not supposed to fly anything in the
approach pattern of an airport.
The same kind of publicity that they will need to get even a modicum
of compliance would accomplish the same thing without the registration
boondoggle.

The people pushing the FAA the most about drones are commercial pilots,
followed by private pilots. I'll defer to their concerns.