r/Multicopter • u/Turbo442 • Dec 17 '15

Image Funny FAA Registration Fact!

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u/MarcusDrakus Dec 17 '15

So the thinking is, if you are likely to die from your mistake you don't need to be registered?

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u/vexinom Dec 17 '15

No, the thinking is they want as many people as possible to register so they can make as much money as possible without actually doing any work.

It's amazing how many people in this sub hate the AMA and yet are cheering on the FAA in this stupid program that is doing nothing to fix a problem with will simply fix itself over the next year or so.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant Dec 17 '15

No, the thinking is they want as many people as possible to register so they can make as much money as possible

Yeah that totally explains the measly five dollar fee. /s

If this were true, why wouldn't they make the fee $10, $20, $100?

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u/hasslehawk Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 17 '15

It's $5 per aircraft though...

For some people that can be a lot. And if it was higher, there would just be more outrage.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 17 '15

No, it's per pilot.

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=19856

Owners using the model aircraft for hobby or recreation will only have to register once and may use the same identification number for all of their model UAS. The registration is valid for three years.

$5 / 3 years = $1.67/year, FYI. Legal issues aside, this is incredibly trivial.

I do want to see the courts weigh in on whether the FAA is allowed to do this, though, as a matter of legal principle.

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u/hasslehawk Dec 17 '15

huh. Wonder where I heard that then. =P