[quote}Since you obviously have lost track of the way that the AMA is currently structured and works, let me lay out some of this for you. Normally (not always) when the EC perceives a problem, they solicit input from the special interest group(s) (SIG) involved and from the Safety Committee. Again, normally, there is a protracted period of time for such input and many discussions take place between the SIG(s) and the Safety Committee. In most cases, the SIG and the Safety Committee both make a presentation of any proposed action to the EC. In many cases, they are sent back with new issues and make additional presentations. Ultimately, the EC makes a decision. That decision is normally submitted to the attorneys. When the “due process” has taken place, the rule is changed. [/quote]

or....Jay Mealy, an employee of AMA that nobody ever voted for or even knows what he does, flits into the EC meeting and springs an unannounced motion that becomes agenda item #1 and the EC immediately votes unanamously to change the Safety Code and bar models from carrying devices that could allow for autonomous flight, though none of them know what that means.

Anyway, good description of how it should work.

Abel