&gt; Throw these people in jail until the message gets across that unsafe flying is not tolerated regardless of the aircraft being piloted.<p>There isn&#x27;t any law to throw (most of) them in jail under.<p>The FAA guidelines the operator violated carry civil, not criminal penalties.<p>Flying model aircraft could conceivably result in Reckless Endangerment or Manslaughter charges. However I doubt that most violations of the FAA guidelines warrant such charges.