Patrick, my .02 is that none of us have to be an AMA member. None of us have to be a JPO member. If you choose to be an AMA member, you choose to abide by their rules and regulations, however they come up with them. Unless you want to run for officer of AMA or other higher position than regular member, you're gonna take whatever crap they decide to dish out. Again, you don't have to join to have fun in RC Turbines/planes, etc.

Whatever rules, regs BS comes up at AMA, most of us eat it because we want to fly at AMA insured fields, cause in most cases, it's a pretty good place to get togeher with other people and BS, and fly planes.

Now, let's say AMA comes out and says, 12 lbs thrust is best we'll insure you for. And then all the sudden Bob Violett, or you, or some other yahoo says that's crap, I need 40 lbs of thrust or other number. The ama looks at that sole individual and says "I got a million members, go jump in a lake you individual".

Then all the sudden I hear of this JPO thing. A subgroup of AMA members (assuming that all jpo members are also members of the AMA as if that weren't true, that'd be wierd) anyway, this JPO says we got a bunch of AMA members that are affected, and this is what makes sense for them...............

Quite a good idea I think. Just keep considering that if there is no JPO or lobby group for turbine RC guys, then there is only sitting back and watching people legislate your hobby into whatever they consider fair for you. And when you don't like it, tough cookies.

I don't care whether anyone joins jpo or not, I just recently a few weeks ago sent in my bucks cause I decided, what the hell, JPO is absolutely nothing without numbers................................

I have no idea where the $25.00 goes, but if I had to guess, some of it went towards air fare to go talk to the ama in person and lobby them for what is good for us lowly AMA members that fly turbines (a potentially dangerous subgroup of the ama).

But even if it's paying for Steve's next Bandit, I don't really really care, cause I simply understand that if I don't pay it, then my number (me) is not adding to the total number of JPO members. #'s are a good thing. Consider this.........what if AMA comes back and says, you know what, turbines are too much out of the scope of our average representation. No more turbines. I'm not gonna stop flying turbine, but now I can't fly at AMA field. Hmmmmmm. I go get special insurance (12,000.00 a year). Nope, not gonna happne. Ok, insurance what if I have 3000 guys like me, then how much. Geee, having JPO memebrs now is a good thing. cause we can make a stand together. That's what it's all about!!