ORIGINAL: P-51B
Why is it that in these threads bashing the AMA that keep popping up, people always say they are just waiting for a viable alternative (Pete 913, SDRhammer, MikeL, etc), but none of them go out and create the alternative? It seems that if the AMA is so unpopular this would be an easy business to get going.
P-51B
Most AMA members have no idea of what the AMA is or does. They were told by a club that they had to have an AMA membership, and that was it. It is not really their fault.. nor is it the responsibility of the club to explain all the details. Most people just want to fly.
Once they start to realize what the AMA is, they start to see that starting a new organization would not be that economical, or easy. Who wants to give up as many waking hours running an organization the size of the AMA for free, as the Executive Council does?
All you can do is try to shed some light when the opportunity presents itself.
JR