What I just don't understand is the communications disconnect. If you remember the run-up to the FAA bill, the talk out of AMA was far from doom and gloom. Since the law passed, talk out of Muncie has again been largely positive, downright optimistic at times. Meanwhile, things like this are showing up on FAA site .. which shows FAA is to some extent marching forward per the specifics in the law.

Assuming one does not believe AMA would outright present falsehoods, is it possible they're just so out of touch they can't understand what's being said to them? Are they so entrenched in their thinking that they just can't fathom that things aren't going well?

I'm throwing it out there ... Why is what we hear from AMA so disconnected from what FAA is going (like this website)?