RE: Tiered rates: revisited by Dave Brown
Tiered membership is just another word for soak, er tax the perceived rich to 'pay' the perceived poor. A much better approach is to stop throwing money down the black hole of a national flying site, cut costs, move MA from a loss to a break even and reduce dues.
This is a hobby and supposed to be fun. People in this hobby who form clubs ARE a social group by definition. Who in that group is always going to play policeman to insure that class B flyers are not flying in class A territory? This idea is almost as bad as having AMA cards expire at anytime during the year. Suddenly we have to have some appointed field nazi to make sure you ARE a class A member or the entire club is at risk of no insurance coverage.
Tiered membership is just another way to say let's destroy the AMA as we know it.
I propose we hand him his head again.