Rule 336 May Be Modified Or Removed In Current FAA Reauthorization Bill

An online petition has been created that seeks to keep Rule 336 in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act from being modified or repealed in the current version of the FAA authorization bill under consideration by lawmakers.

According to the description of the petition established on the "We the People" website:

"The FAA, Department of Defense, and certain members of congress are looking to remove a current section of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act that directly protects model aviation hobbyists. This protection called "Rule 336" exempts those involved in model aviation for "hobby & recreation" from serious & unnecessary regulation from the FAA.

"The FAA & officials claim they must do something about "drones/multi-rotor copters". However, there are hundreds of thousands of safe, CBO rule abiding, fixed-wing R/C pilots being included.

"If Rule 336 is modified or removed, our hobby will be dealt a heavy blow - hobby shops will close, club memberships will drop, flying fields will disappear, and young pilots will be discouraged from the great fun of building and flying models."

The petition needs 98,868 signatures by September 8, 2018 to get a response from the White House. So far, only 1,132 have electronically signed the petition.

FMI: Petition website