Originally Posted by astrohog

You missed my point.....COMPLETELY.

- AMA embraces "park flyers" when they fear they will lose members, or capitalize on this "new" segment of enthusiasts (or a combination of both). I have been on record for many years opposing this decision for two reasons; 1. The AMA has absolutely no way to monitor activities that occur in the public arena, away from established club fields. 2. Because of that (AND the close proximity and visibility to the general public) it is these folks that have raised the eyebrows of the media, municipalities, FAA, the uninformed, uptight public, etc, etc, causing the restrictions and regulations we are now seeing.

The irony I was referring to earlier (that seemed to escape you) is that the very group that the AMA aggressively marketed to and created a whole new type of membership for, are now being denied to fly in the parks and public places they are accustomed to and the AMA doesn't seem to be present to advocate for them.

The WORST part, is that while the AMA was courting and spending all of it's time and resources on the very segment of the hobby that is causing these restrictions and regulations, it has completely forgotten about the "traditional" modelers. Rember them? The ones that CREATED the AMA to begin with???

Before you dig your heels in and say it is not this segment causing the problems, I will provide my perspective: If ALL flying activities were to remain on established club fields, we ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT BE SEEING THE LEGISLATION AND REGULATION THAT WE SEE TODAY. PERIOD.

Regards,

Astro