Originally Posted by
vertical grimmace
I agree, and I think that the AMA really dropped the ball on this one, not being in front of this.
As far as AMA members being unsafe, that is up to us at our flying fields to enforce the rules, regardless of how "famous" a pilot is. One of the reasons we are mandated to have a safety officer.
Flying a Q40 in the pits is serious, and I would have no problem grounding that guy, regardless of who he was.
Interesting that the AMA gets blasted no matter what they do. Seems to me they have devoted significant funds and time/effort/energy to promoting safety, regardless of the craft being flown. Does a group really need to point out the "them" who break the rules in order to promote the 'us" that do? Doubtful, it just comes off as finger pointing, and would probably result in people claiming they "dropped the ball again" for some reason or another.