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Mr. Luddite

On 12/15/2015 1:56 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:32:28 -0500, John H.
wrote:

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. :-)

It's senseless to develop senseless, unenforceable rules just to say, "We have now
addressed the problem."

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Absolutely right. That's one of the reasons that the government has
grown as bloated as it is, filled with smiling smug bureaucrats just
doing their job.

Much more onerous regulations were originally desired, including
mandatory training, testing and *licensing* of recreational drone and RC
hobbyists. The FAA is limited in it's authority to establish
regulations outside of those that are safety related. Plus, it is
dealing with a technology that no one could envision when the existing
regulations were written.

The registration requirement is a compromise between those who wanted
more stringent regulations or laws and the concerns of pilots regarding
the safe operation of their aircraft. It's also within the FAA's scope
of authority.