I see a lot of young people and newcomers buying cars and trucks. they don't turn into slivers on the first mistake you make and some of the bigger hobby shops have indoor carpeted tracks for organized weekly racing where the kids know they will be able to go and use their stuff any day in any weather. it's too bad,..i hate to say it, but,,....I can understand the trend on several levels. I will stick with my planes and maybe a boat or two, but the car thing just doesn't get my attention all that much. I really have no ideas what can be done by the AMA,....it's hard to justify against Johnny's arm full of balsa chunks and pile of torn up mono cote that mom and dad just spent 200 bucks on a week ago when his buddy is sitting in an air conditioned store tearing up the track with his new stadium truck. not to mention the AMA membership that was purchased and now wasted because johnny doesn't want another plane, because they're way to hard to fly. there's just no argument for that...... you have to want to fly a plane and accept the idea that it will likely need to be repaired a time or two and accept that you will also likely have to buy permission to fly it. the younger generation just doesn't have the willingness to commit to that, so they get cars and trucks. and all you see at the flying field are the dinosaurs like me. now I know families with 3 and 4 boys that all have rc trucks,....can you imagine mom and dad paying for 3 or 4 AMA memberships every year for several years ?. something has to be done,....there has to be an "introductory price" and or a "family price", or an "extended membership price" ( $x less for 5 years at a time) or some kind of group price for clubs, or something. it somehow has to be made less expensive to have a place to fly your plane. if the clubs are doing the promoting and funding of certified flying fields,..... the clubs should be reaping some benefit on a group basis maybe.