You have made it very clear that you think I am "Anti-AMA" and an "AMA hater", etc., but that couldn't be further from the truth. You also make comments that suggest that I am always on the same page as your good buddy, Franklin, but that is not true either.

My Biggest (and really only) beef with the AMA is that they did not distinguish and advocate for both traditional and BLOS, autonomous flight separately. It is crystal clear to me and the vast majority of modelers I have spoken to, that there are distinct differences between the two disciplines of flight, both with who participates in each (yes, of course there are exceptions!), as well as how they interact with and affect the NAS. I have to believe that AMA HQ sees and knows the differences as well, but they chose to take the lump-em-all-together-and-make-them-all-join-the-AMA route. It is because of this and the potentially grave consequences of doing so, that I truly believe that AMA HQ could care less about its' membership, ALL of it. That actually stings a little bit and saddens me, Yes, traditional model aviation may be antiquated and for old fogies, but it is very much the vast majority of this hobby and its participants. I find it appalling that the AMA would jeopardize the majority of its' members because there was a potential bigger pot of gold.

That is how I see it. It is what I know to be true and what I believe. If you have any facts that support something different, you can try to change my mind, but it will be difficult!

Regards,

Astro