Originally Posted by
Propworn
Competition may be a smaller part of a reason but how about just flying at a different club as a guest? How many do that? If you attend any events/fun fly's/fly ins etc you most likely will need AMA to participate. You cannot fly in Canada without belonging to your home organization just like we cannot fly in the US without MAAC. You cannot join the other organization and have flying rights without membership in your home countries organization.
Dennis
Hi Dennis ,
Yes indeed flying at a different club as a guest is another great reason to have an AMA membership , but the bottom line of that is of course that by being an AMA (or MAAC) member you automatically come with insurance so your credentials need no verification beyond that .
Somewhere in the sunny USA ; "Guy is on vacation from Canada and wants to fly here at our club as a guest , should we let him ?" .... "Does he have a MAAC card ?" .... "Yea , he does ? Great he can fly here" ... It's the insurance that's the common bond for just about all of the membership reasons beyond the organization of competitions , and even those competitions themselves are promoted & protected by the fact that all who participate are insured .