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Old 05-02-2005, 06:58 PM
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An insurance company that could offer better coverage for much less money [than AMA ] would have to be at the core of any such movement. The biggest stumbling block is how does the issuing agent gain or even enforce acceptance by model clubs? The legal aspect of the AMAs' ,"our way or the highway" grip on clubs and their membership would already have to have been challenged and defeated. The way that this is done is by, "salting" the AMA clubs with dozens of applicants with the new,"MODEL AVIATOR INSURANCE" cards. When they get turned away, then the lawsuits get filed against the AMA by the dozens that challenge their right to operate the way things are now. There are most likely several points of law that the AMAs' policy could be challenged and defeated. This dream sequence would never happen unless you had some insurance tycoon out there with a huge vendetta against the AMA, and maybe a couple dozen friends who are lawyers with the same beef.
I hate to make this X vs AMA because it looses focus. What if there was no AMA, where would you start? Whome would you apeal to, how would you set it up to control liability, foster aviation, what would you limit, what would you start as a main focus? Would it be a full service company or start with one group and expand from there if succesful?