Heres what it all boils down to. The FAA does not want Rec pilots in the air period. They want you all to fly at AMA flying fields. Remote ID is part of their solution. Reason they want all you guys out of the sky is because of all those big guys like Amazon, Google and everyone else that has big money to lobby the government for more of the NAS. These big boys don't want you anywhere they need to fly. You might say there is room for everyone. Wrong, simplest way to clear the way for them is to get rid of the rec flyers. Why are drone manufactures turning out more enterprise units then rec units because they know thats where the money is.
There was a big push a year or so ago to get everyone on board ( rec & part 107) to make sure they were not pushed out the door but I'm afraid this is what has happened. Make it so difficult for them to fly and they will all go home is the governments thought.
I would agree, within the Remote ID were assigned (minimal number) Rec Fly zones that were going to pretty much be the extent for the Rec flyer. They also recently extended the authority to cite sUAV Pilots to LEO and even various Officers: Park Rangers, etc.
Once Rec Flying is sanctioned to only established flying zones... the ability to spot, control, and enforce becomes easier. If LEO is driving down a neighborhood street or county 2 lane and spots a drone, he knows it's a high probability it's an illegal flight... even your back yard. So his incentive to stop and citation is increased and their shop increases revenue because they receive a portion of the citation fees.
The casual Rec flyer may ignore now the FAA rules, but will be harder once the local LEO'S are part of the equation too.
Regarding the sky for Big Boys only I don't see as constrained. They eventually reconized the role PT107 small shops performed: surveys, development work, movies, advertisement production, highway development, security, inspections, SAR, Ag, etc. All tasks are needed in today's society and paying taxes so allowance and concessions will be made for sUAV smaller businesses... but that will probably require proof of actual business to operate under PT107 or what ever they categorize a small sUAV business at that time.
The PT107 open environment we exist in now will most likely become harder to obtain, additional costs, and certainly not a easy to obtain permit to just fly and enjoy open ground. New requirements to log flights and reports that sync with business operations will probably be required to continue operating.
The end point, the FAA isn't going to become more relaxed... it'll become more challenging. The more abuse of the FAA Rules now a days will eventually have a negative impact causing more enforcement, likely making them take notice and reduce the abuse of the NAS. So the casual perception and misuse of drones isn't helping the sUAV society as a whole.
They are selling more enterprise class now, partly due to the prosumer class being shifted over to enterprise category. They're still selling massive numbers of consumer class, the enterprise class has increased substantially.
Knowing and operating correctly under PT107 in current time helps reduce the increased threat of losing the opportunity to enjoy sUAV's. If the abuse in the NAS is minimal, the attention to increase enforcement and add new regulations is also minimized.
Someone above stated Recreational flying needs to be more defined. It actually is well defined by needing to meet all 8 criteria and agreeable by not just your opinion but by the FAA's perspective. Operating within regulations helps us all, abusing hurts us all, not just yourself. Testing how far you can fly BVLS, how high you can climb, flying over sports structures or people isn't helping to take the attention off or improve publics perception.
Going full circle of thread, that was the intent of the video; to make pilots more aware and help their cause in the end. As he stared a few times, he didn't make the rules, just attempting to explain them.
