Originally Posted by
HoundDog
Not true if it were not for the AMA no one would be flying anything Period.
All Flying should be exempt from FAA Regulation when flying at a designated fling site. i.e. one must have an FAA certificate to fly anywhere else.
How is it on our best interest to have "Taj Muncie" brokering commercial drone insurance? How about them advertising same USING YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES TO PAY FOR THE ADS? What about their pet project of building an indoor flying sight in the immediate vicinity of the AMA offices? Does that benefit anyone on either coast? The AMA is going broke, slowly but surely, due to declining membership and scandalously wasting funds on things that make little fiscal sense. Hell, look at how the last election was handled, letting one candidate advertise in the organizations publications while undermining the other. Is that doing things in the best interest of the members? NOT IN ANY REALITY I CAN THINK OF!!!!
The AMA has not made flying R/C aircraft any easier or possible. If I want to fly, I can go to a local park or school and fly my planes there. My tax dollars pay for those facilities so I have as much right to use them as anyone else. We have had several flying fields shut down in my area over the past several years, nothing was heard from the AMA on any of them but they still expect to have us pay for their self-serving projects. Sorry, I'll pay for an FAA license if I have to so I can fly. The AMA has done nothing for me to show that they deserve my support or my hard earned dollars