Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
After verification, two people who won turn key airplanes in the raffle signed up on the spot and flew their prizes with the aid of an instructor.
Even if one looks JUST at what the AMA contributed ($900 per your OP above), then that's an acquisition cost of $450 per member. That's pretty steep already, and doesn't include the total cost of the event. But even at $450 per member acquired, that means they'd have to remain members for over 5 years ... just to break even.
Not sure that's a sustainable business model. But then again, based on AMA's financial decision making, I'm not convinced there's a lot of business acumen among the EC.