Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
LOL, too funny. First off your policy on how you judge people and their opinions seems to be all over the board.
Look, if you don't want this to be personal, and actually have some benefit (and I've asked countless times!) please be specific. Do not make claims about what I do or don't do without citing examples.
Originally Posted by speedracerntrixie
Take for example Franklin's claim that his proposal would be saving a total of 60M because the 800,000 non AMA members that are regestered will not be forced to join AMA. Really? Do you and him actually think that ALL 800,000 are going to join AMA to continue flying and continue to renew if that becomes a requirement?
THIS IS WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU POST. FIRST, YOU CITE A CLAIM THAT FRANKLIN MADE, THEN YOU DRAW A CONCLUSION FROM THAT AND LUMP FRANKLIN AND I TOGETHER AS IF IT WERE MY STATEMENT. FAULTY LOGIC.
Please do not put words in my mouth. WHERE did I say that? (I didn't, but that would take all the wind out of your whole premise, wouldn't it?). Next, I don't think Franklin ever made that claim that all 800,00 were going to join either (but I can see where you drew that CONCLUSION), but the FACT is, that 800,000 is the number the FAA has (it is also the ONLY one I have seen), so it stands to reason that is the figure they might use when considering these things. Following?
First off if you took that chip off your shoulder
Again, quit it with the jabs, it will only help to escalate this discussion
Originally Posted by speedracerntrixie
and actually thought about it for a minute
Again, QUIT it! Your premise is that I don't think things through (just because you don't agree) and that is not a good premise in order to have a beneficial discussion.
Originally Posted by speedracerntrixie
you would realize that a good percentage of guys who jump into the hobby don't last past the first year.
Your assertions of what I do or do not realize are getting OLD! (and have no bearing whatsoever on the discussion at hand).
Originally Posted by speedracerntrixie
I'm betting that when registration renewals come in that we will see a significant drop in recreational registrations and maybe an increase in commercial. It's too bad that out of those 800,000 that the aircraft type is not tracked, if it were I suspect that the majority of those are MR RTF type. If so many of those are/were used as a photography platform. Almost everyone that I know that purchased an MR for photography reasons lost interest within a year. The bottom line is I suspect that although there are 800,000 registrants, it's obvious to me that not all of then remained active.
And again, every single one of your points are your suspicions, they don't mean a thing. Second, don't try to convince me, I could care less for those "statistics", they don't mean a thing to me, maybe you should put them in your response to the FAA's proposal. Maybe they would listen, and it is the FAA (and ONLY the FAA) that those stats MIGHT be useful to.
Please read ALL of my words very carefully. It has been in the past that you somehow view my responses as an, "attack" on you. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Astro