Originally Posted by
Nige321
Except it doesn't 'benefit' the model aircraft movement does it!.
1) All of the BMFA members who have passed an acheivment scheme test are exempt from taking either the BMFA or the CAA online test anyway.
They simply hand over their £9 for the priveledge of registering.
2) True there is new legislation, but the nutter at Gatwick will be charged with breaking the ANO when (if...) sufficient evidence is obtained.
The new scheme simply taxes law abiding airspace users and has zero effect on the people causing the problem...
Of course it benefits the model aircraft movement, by demonstrating a mature and responsible attitude to the law and changing the burden of proof for transgressors of that law and the ANO.
Do you have a better solution to the massive unregulated increase in toy ownership and use?