Dawn,
Thanks kindly for the response as it does clarify some points in question. I cannot agree more that we all need to join together in unity if we are going to enhance the process governed by the AMA. I disagree with the AMA vision that we are a fractured bunch that are incapable of working together to achieve one goal, that being the safe operation of our aircraft and the commitment to the policies required to keep our hobby intact.
It is my belief that the jet community is one of the most united segments of the sport and we all want the same thing, the allowable existence to continue to fly turbines! Regulated though it may be, for good reason! Sure, you can go out and get a private license to fly full size aircraft but that does not mean you are qualified to fly an F-16.
I am not in disagreement that the the AMA needs to govern this facet of the hobby but for the EC to ignore any submissions by the JPO, the jet pilots voice but yet institute a new waiver program that has more holes than swiss cheese is downright criminal. Does the AMA not believe that the JPO voice is strong in unity? That the recommendations coming from the JPO represent a large portion of the Jet Pilots views? Why do they feel the views of one man speak louder than the JPO?
Todd