Its clubs fault not the AMA'sWho cares who flies what. It's about heli's, jets, RTF, ARF's, Foamies, prototypes, the basic trainers, Young and Old. A lot of you guys are so emotional when it comes to different kinds of aircraft other then yours. The AMA only cost 58 dollars a year. You guys ***** about the cost keeping people away? Any kid that has the money to buy a parkflyer or any RTF has parents that gave that money to him to buy it. The people that are holding people back from joining are the old guys who hang at the field and ***** and complain about other pilots..the guys who act like they know it all but they don't. Its these guys that are running the clubs that are responsible for the decline in membership. Why would a 22 year old college student like me want to go to a club with a bunch of old men who only want a certain type of aircraft in their club? I don't. I want to hang out with guys that don't care who flys what. For some reason the leaders of RC flying clubs are old men who have a huge ego when it comes to the hobby. Don't blame the AMA. Go out and create a club that accepts anyone with any kind of aircraft. People don't say "oh, the AMA is 58 dollars a year...thats too much" they say "Man, whats up with these guys, I don't want to join the club....Im going to go fly on my own with a few buddies." Its the clubs responsibility to make sure people feel welcome and comfortable. If they do that people wouldnt have a problem joining the AMA. It's time people care more about the sport then their own personal narrow viewpoint on flying.