Originally Posted by
mongo
with all the talk about declining club membership within the AMA, i am thinking that that 99.9% number is a bit high. at least if you are thinking that one has to fly in a club environment, to be flying where we should and in a safe manner, which i, and some few others do not agree with.
my self, i have been a non club affiliated AMA member since 2001 or so,and i have a feeling that close to 50% of AMA members are more like me(non club) than are like you(club guy). at one time, while dave brown was president, he stated in his column that less than 50 of AMA members were club affiliated. no one at AMA has wanted to update us on that stat since.
Interesting. First time I've ever heard that figure and I'm surprised it's so high considering so many say they're only a member because it's required for the club they belong to. On the flip, it may still be necessary for those who do not belong to a club, but still participate in AMA sanctioned events.