ORIGINAL: Matt Kirsch
Therein lies the question: Who will administer such a program? Who will stand guard at the pin board at every flying field, every hour of every day, with a scale and a tape measure to make sure someone's not cheating the system?
What's going to happen is that EVERYONE save for the brutally honest and upright will choose the cheapest alternative, and fly whatever they want. The end result? Either the AMA will go bankrupt, or they will raise dues across the board to make up for the shortfall. Best case scenario, we end up right back where we are now. Worst case, we're paying hundreds per person for a private insurance policy on the field and spending hours reviewing homeowner's/renter's policies. Events of all kinds will become a thing of the past due to the insurmountable effort required to make sure everyone's rears are covered.
And in the meantime alot of the membership will get Peed Off and we will lose them to more common thinking like lets just fly alone. What does one see in an organization, where the organization constantly thinks about more $$$$? Is that the primary agenda of our organization or is it to make the existing membership happy. WE are the ones who work the shows, clean up the trash, cook on the grills, fly models and raise money to promote our hobby. You can promote this hobby on any given day just by asking someone if they would like to come and watch you fly. We need our organization to listen to what we have to say, we're the backbone that makes the whole thing work. There are issues that need some form of resolve now, but I don't think anyone is listening, do you??
Larry - AMA# ******
R.F.A.