The 'drone' rules situation in the US is a mess. When I stopped paying attention (Not in the US) The drone community, and Academy of model Aeronautics, the FAA

The 'drone' rules situation in the US is a mess. When I stopped paying attention (Not in the US) The drone community, and Academy of model Aeronautics, the FAA and Congress were in a weird four way fight. Congress had told The FAA they were explicitly not allowed to regulate model aircraft, and delegated some regulation powers to hobbyist groups, the only recognised group being the AMA. The drone community doesn't want to respect the AMA regulations, because the rules don't accommodate first person or semi autonomous control of aircraft or commercial uses. But there is no-one else to advocate for the drone users when the FAA starts trying to regulate drones.