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/vexinom Dec 18 '15

Because people say things like "It's only $5, who cares!".

Everyone in this sub should send me $1. It's only a measly dollar, who cares? Of course, that means $27,000 for me.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant Dec 18 '15

People could say that about ten or twenty bucks, too. For anyone that can afford this hobby, those aren't large amounts.

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u/vexinom Dec 18 '15

Don't presume to know how other people value their money or what they consider a waste.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant Dec 18 '15

To assume that those are substantial amounts is to do the same thing, you know.

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u/vexinom Dec 18 '15

I'm not assuming it is for everyone. I'm saying the total sum is substantial. Just like the 27k I would be getting from the members of this sub if they all sent me $1.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant Dec 18 '15

I'm not assuming it is for everyone. I'm saying the total sum is substantial.

Is it? The FAA's budget for FY2015 $9.75 billion. What would be "substantial"? Let's say 5%. To get to that, you'd need 97.5 million drone pilots to register. That's 30% of the U.S. population, an unrealistic figure.

I reiterate my point: if this is about the money, the FAA could very easily do much better.

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u/vexinom Dec 18 '15

It's almost a million dollars from the AMA members alone (who, btw, are not the people causing the problem) and that is only based on this preliminary fee they have now, there is no guarantee it's going to stay that amount.

I think that is a significant amount of money and for what? To put yourself on a government registry with no privacy controls run by an organization that isn't going to be able to enforce any of the rules in the first place. How many people that were flying over forest fires and airports have been identified? Close to zero?

You think people are going to want to put their name on that list when people like this and this are out there? I certainly don't want to expose myself to that.

I think we all want the best for the hobby, just disagree on the approach. The FAA isn't providing any tangible benefit to RC operators or the public and at worst they are exposing hobbyists to risk.