Originally Posted by
essyou35
IMO whats killing the hobby is this:
A guy buys a $200 foamy EDF and the AMA and the club want $150 for him to fly between the two.
THAT is an issue.
It doesn't mater what you fly its the cost of belonging to the club and the AMA. If you start cutting dues for one group then everyone has a group they belong to and feel they should get consideration on the cost of their dues. How are you going to work it? The average flier pays the full amount and those flying lesser models less than how about the advanced models like jets and giant scale pay a surcharge.
If you cannot afford to belong to a club or the parent organization then you will have to fly on your own or with others in the same position. Its not illegal and lots do just that.
This sense of entitlement that is rampant in society today makes me want to gag.
Dennis