Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
You would think so. Ismay called the shots during all phases of construction and overruled Smith on several occasions, sounds like Rich Hanson to me. Gee, and to think I've been advocating his termination for how long now? A little late to throw him over the side, the ship is already sinking. Does the AMA have a good enough damage control team to prevent it's total loss(like the USS Franklin back in 1944) or are we going to see it go the way of the Shinano, to the bottom with no chance of saving it?
Rich Hanson is a symbol of all that's wrong with the AMA, in particular leading AMA's losing battle against
the FAA. Before 336 was repealed, maybe. But after he was flogging a dead horse..
Hanson was also key to bringing in drones, the primary reason for AMA's demise. Drone membership
peaked out at 8% a few years back. For that AMA threw away the entire model aircraft hobby.