Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
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
The AMA is in the Insurance bussiness Period. The other stuff is supported by the Insurance bussiness. Like to see a Law passed that requires all R/C Flyers to carry Liablity insurance just like Auto Insurance is.
If that's how you feel then Go fly in the park, no one is begging you to stay in the AMA. You club mates most likely wouldn't miss you one little bit. I'll bet your community requires some kind if Insurance to fly there any way. Don't forget you'll have to compete for flying time with the DRONE boys.
As for these clubs shutting down did they even requeat help from te AMA.
This is an Old Google map of Lake Land Flying field on the local airport. Airports been there since the late 20's and R/C since '75. See the new Subdivision just 2200' South East of our field. Now Look to the East Soon there will be a New Grad School Church and another Grade school. The onl saving grace MABY is a 29 acre city park from the end of our EW runway to the new schools/Church. I'm sre we'll be limited to as how far we can fly to the East (If we don't get shut down all thgether) When they put scoccer nets there I'm sure that we've been flying there for over 42 years or that it's been an airport for well over 80 years will matter one pinch of S**t.
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