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Old 05-03-2005 | 01:32 AM
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ira d
 
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Default RE: Alternate to AMA


ORIGINAL: combatpigg

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 agree totaly with the post in quote the AMA insures the vast majorty
of flying sites in the U.S. if they are organized clubs about 98% of them.

any other organization that starts up wont be able to stay in business
because there insurance will be worthless at over 90% of the clubs
currently in operation, only if there was a way to make AMA stop
telling there clubs to refuse non members will we ever see a new
organization geared around modelers.