Ahhh, Boston Massachusetts, KBOS. Now this presents a conundrum for the hobbyist. Let's break this down in steps.
The Class B airspace around the airport is surface to 7,000ft. (Cool - I've never flown there as PIC but have flown in other Class Bravo airspace as a GA pilot). The area of that is a ring radius of 8 NM or aprox. 9.2 statute miles.
Hobbyist flying is governed by Public Law 11-95, section 336, not the FAA, when conditions are met..
336 says to qualify as a hobbyist (among other things which we all know by now), follow the 5 mile notification rule and "
the aircraft is operated in accordance with a community-based set of safety guidelines and within the programming of a nationwide community-based organization;" .
The most common used / quoted community-based organization is the AMA. As an aside, someone please link to other drone / uav community-based organization(s).
The AMA rules, as published in AMA Document 560 (
https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/560.pdf) only speak of notification when flying within 5 miles of an airport, like 336. Per other discussions, 'notification' is not a one sided "I'm doing this" but must include being able to receive a negative "don't fly" reply.
AMA and 336 use statute miles (SM), not nautical miles (SM). This is clarified somewhere, I do not have the source available to me right now.
Summary:
1. FAA has no justification when following AMA rules.
2. AMA doesn't deal with airspace, only distance.
3. The FAA web page mentioned, saying "
However, recreational operations are not permitted in Class B airspace around most major airports without specific air traffic permission and coordination" is vague at best and via section 336 is outside it's jurisdiction. It's just a web page, not a published rule. Show me the published rule or TFR.
4. Therefore It's ok to fly when outside of 5 SM from KBOS, when following AMA rules as there is no actual FAA rule against it..
Pick it apart guys. Show me where I'm, wrong. Really. But don't go by something that you read unless it actually follows the written law, not some webpage that makes up it's own rules. I've got a book that's 2 inches thick with small type font that details all the FAA rules. But hey if the FAA has actually published something in the Federal Register that says something along the line of what is on that web page as an emergency rule or the like, I'll agree. FYI, there are only 37 Class Bravo airports.
Now am I advocating flying in any part of Class B? No I'm not.I'm just playing devils advocate is showing that there is nothing prohibiting what I've detailed above. Always use common sense even if the rules allow something. Petition the relevant parties to change the rules when needed.