ORIGINAL: fliers1
I know locally that anyone with SFA was denied access to "AMA" fields. I wonder how many other clubs would not allow SFA members to use AMA flying fields? I think that was the root complaint from SFA and it's members. I had heard that for some AMA clubs claimed they would lose their charter if they allowed SFA members on their fields. Don't know if it were true (loss of AMA coverage) or a misconception on the part of AMA members. Can anyone shed any light on the subject?
CCR
CCR-
See
http://www.modelaircraft.org/PDF-Files/909.pdf
It wasn't clubs that didn't allow SFA members (or any non-AMA members for that matter) to use AMA chartered club sites, it was/is an AMA mandate. A goodly number of clubs were chartered with both AMA and SFA. The link above is the response of AMA's insurance czar to that. AMA club's claims that they would lose their charter if they allowed SFA members on the fields are valid. They were told so directly by AMA HQ. Those that were dual chartered had the choice of dropping SFA and compelling the SFA members to join AMA, or getting the boot from AMA.
Abel