Chuck and All Pattern Flyers,

One of the most shocking things I've witnessed since this guy's arrest is that there is even a division of opinion!! 
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I have always believed that my moral compass was pretty well aligned with everyone I know in the Pattern community.  That is one of the reasons that I've spent many years of my life persuing this hobby and being part of this group.  When I read the arrest report, my moral compass immediately swung in one direction and I made the assumption that everyone else's did at the same time as mine.  I guess I was wrong?
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Even when a Hollywood celebrity gets busted, they head off to rehab and issue a big apology (Charlie Sheen excluded, of course).  Have we heard anything publicly from this guy?  No, he's just continuing to go along like nothing happened. . . and we're supposed to just play along silently, while everyone else in the broader R/C community points to the F3A team and wonders why he's still there.  As pattern flyers, all of us are identified with that F3A team, even at our home field.  They are chosen to <u>represent</u> all of us. . . and guess how we're being perceived by everyone outside our community?   Whether you like it or not, you <u>are</u> identified by the company you keep.
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I think it is well past time for the leadership (NSRCA and AMA) to officially and publicly kick this guy off the team.  It is obvious that they have been unable to make the correct decision with eveyone privately letting them know their opinions, perhaps it is time for guys to start making their opinions known publicly.
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