Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
So, give us the facts then.
But then again, WHY WOULD THE AMA WANT TO EMBARK ON A TASK THAT WOULD NOT BE A WAY TO GAIN MEMBERS OR CAPITAL? It just seems contrary to the AMA's standard operating procedures. The AMA has a history of butting heads with the FAA, wasting the funds in its treasury and not making sound financial choices. Everyone knows the AMA is all about profit and its own survival. The members, and R/C flying community in general, are nothing more than potential sources of capital to help make that happen.
The cost to set up the software and servers for this should not be prohibitively expensive, and if they (as a conduit for the test) can gain exposure for potential future members, then more power to them.
Hypothetically, if there were say, 1 million people taking the test, and 10% took through the AMA portal, that would be 100,000 potential new members. Even if only say, one quarter of them decided to join, that’d be 25,000 new members. At $75/each, that would gross 1.8m+ dollars into AMA’s coffers. Doesn’t sound like a bad investment to me, even if only half that number became new members.
R_Strowe