Please explain what I said was untrue. There are things you can do with a 333 you cannot do with a 107. A 333 can be renewed if what you do does not conform to part 107. I am not claiming to be an expert on the FAA rules, I am just relaying what the FAA has stated.
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LuvMyTj,
Your statement is not necessarily untrue. It all depends on what it is that you are doing with your waiver.
For many Part 107 is all that they need for their operation. If this is the case then most will find that Part 107 is less restrictive than the 333 wavier. Things like the VO being optional, rather than required as an example. For many 333 waiver holders they will probably find that it makes the most sense to abandon their 333 waiver, if they can do what they want to do under Part 107.
333 waivers are basically going away. They are not likely to grant any new ones and they are not likely to renew them unmodified. At a minimum they will want the operator to hold a Remote Pilot Certificate as an example. What is even more significant is that many, if not the mass majority, will find that they do not need to renew by operating under Part 107 instead.
For certain cases such as night operation and/or closed movie sets the operator will still need a waiver, but it will be a Part 107 waiver rather than a 333 waiver.
It is true that Part 107 does not void your 333 waiver, at least not until it renewal date as which point it automatically expires. Therefore many 333 waiver holders have not taken a close look at Part 107 knowing that they can continue to operate without following Part 107. I do believe that most will find that Part 107 fits their needs even better than their existing 333 waiver.
I would strongly recommend anyone that currently holds a 333 waiver to take a close look at the new Part 107 and see if this will meet your needs. If you have any specific questions for your type of operation feel free to post them here or PM me and I will do my best to answer your questions, but we do need to get into specifics before anyone can answer if Part 107 is better or worse than a existing 333 waiver for your operation.
There is nothing in Part 107 that says it can not be used for hobby use. Since it will be so easy to get a Remote Pilot Certificate many will find that Part 107 is less restrictive than the hobby use requirements. As an example by operating under part 107 you can give your videos away by posting them on YouTube or giving them to the news media, if you so choose. Operations in class G airspace is allowed under Part 107, even for hobby using, if you are within 5 miles of an airport is another example.
You are correct that if you only operate your UAS at a local model RC aircraft flying field, follow their safety procedures and you are currently a member of AMA then you probably do not care about Part 107. If you make sure no one profits off of your videos (YouTube as an example) then you can safely ignore Part 107 if you have at least registered your UAS. For the majority this does not describe how they generally use they UAS and therefore they may want to operate under Part 107.
Each UAS operator should consider Part 107 before dismissing it, regardless if they are operating under a 333 waiver or recreationally.