[NSRCA-discussion] FAA Registration begins December 21

[Scott McHarg]

Sorry, that was page 36 for non-political individuals.

*Scott A. McHarg*
VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot
Texas A&M University
PPL - ASEL

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Scott McHarg <scmcharg at gmail.com> wrote:

> According to them.....
>
> http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/2015-12-13_2120-AK82_RIA.pdf
>
> "Benefits" start on page 29
>
> *Scott A. McHarg*
> VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot
> Texas A&M University
> PPL - ASEL
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Ted Sander via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Missing from the official publicity of all this is the “What is this
>> going to do?”.  Is there any “official” information about what registration
>> hopes to accomplish (as opposed to the “they’re coming to get us”
>> theories)?  Even if it was a page of “Know before you fly” info during the
>> registration process, I would be more supportive.  But all I can speculate
>> on is that it is to “Hope we find that one little part that has the
>> registration number on it”.  We’ve all seen RC mid-airs and crashes, and
>> know that often full recovery of parts is very difficult.  If something bad
>> happens, the odds seem pretty low that even if there is a number, it will
>> be found and traced to the owner, even if there is one!
>>
>> It would perhaps be better to have the FCC mandate registering
>> receivers/control units that have and “squawk” a unique identifier, than
>> this poorly thought out solution!
>>
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