Hi Jon

First, let me say that the follwing thoughts do not apply to this particular club, because I have no idea how it is set up.

I think it's time to make the point that all clubs are not the same. Some clubs have a BOD consisting of the owner of the land and his hand picked officers. Not all clubs are democratic in nature, nor are they required to be. In some clubs, club members have virtually no rights. In others, the members run the club and it is truly democratic. This is as it should be.

IMO, the AMA has no business, at least on a medical basis, determining who may not fly, or for that matter, who may fly. They also have no right to determine if a SO will be a reasonable person, or a field Nazi. Let the clubs make the decisions. If the clubs, and those that run them, make decisions badly, they must live with the consequences.