Holy Crap............a great discussion breaking out here.
ORIGINAL: Jim_McIntyre
OMG, did you really write that Ken? That was .... coherent. [sm=confused.gif]
Whatever your take on it, and I'll be the first to admit that I don't have the full story but, withdrawing MAAC from the Aeroclub was a very underhanded thing to do that could have had some very strong negative repercussions to competitors. This was not a bright move.
Further, I understand there were some mutually beneficial co-operative arrangements that were lost as a result of this move.....
MAAC trying too hard? Huh? MAAC is trying to live up to it's constitution, and doing a fair job of it from my point of view. No, we do not share the same point of view but, this is not surprising. The MAAC you've envisioned in previous discussions would certainly not serve my needs... in fact, it would be so hamstrung, I doubt it
could serve the needs of any but a few rural communities.....
Without getting into the whole Aeroclub withdrawl.......yeah, you don't know the whole story. Ken was actually ZD for MB when that all went down. (before you suggest that this was somehow his fault) He was a rookie AD and a competitor at that time. I have talked in detail to a number of people who were there and it was very ugly. Aeroclub was the "bad-guy" in all this, but Reid took the cannon fire. The Aeroclub was in bad financial shape, for a time squatting in MAAC's building for free and after helping them keep afloat, they turned around and tried to send fees through the roof without justification. Reid's move had majority approval of the board. Despite what a few may tell you, the formula of the deal that still exists in part today with Aeroclub was the direct result of Reid's powerplay. Without MAAC, Aeroclub doesn't exist and they certainly realized it at that point and they were forced to negotiate. Larkin may have won some kind of award, but Reid set the table for him. ...... IMO
As far as RCC............hehe........man, I still get slammed every time a MAAK issue comes up ................... and I haven't been allowed in there for quite sometime. I do notice that quite a few shots and "questionable" posts go on for quite some time before they are deep-sixed. The prodding I've done about shutting down threads, is more of a statement of fact. Regardless of the content of my posts, they were generally killed as soon as I participated. (when i was allowed to.. hehe)
Anyway, Ken may have the key.
I believe MAAC tries to do too much. It should should stay very focused on the national stuff. A topic for a separate thread perhaps?