If you are planning on giving up flying and moving on towards other hobbies then I would by all means drop your membership. I get so sick and tired of people asking what has the AMA has done for them? I am sorry, but the AMA is not about just you! It is about all of us as a whole who enjoy the hobby of Model Aviation. I also get tired of hearing about the Insurance! The Insurance is just an extra benefit for being a member, and should not be the deciding factor why you would want to be an AMA Member.

I am an AMA Member because I love the hobby of Model Aviation, and I like the fact that there is a little museum in Muncie that is full of different Model Airplanes that represent different points in History of our hobby, and displays great acheavments within our Hobby. I like the fact that there is a national Organization looking out for the rights of Aircraft Modelers. Though everyone has ideas to share how things could be done better, the heart of the AMA is in the right place. Some people try to portray the AMA as an organization out to try an ruin the hobby! This is just plain silliness, and anyone who believes that is someone who spends to much time dreaming up conspiracy theories!

No organization is perfect or without flaws, but this goes for just about any organization, and not just the AMA. Not everyone is going to agree on every rule, or a certain position the AMA might take, but one has to realize what AMA stands for, and its not Insurance! Reds post above probally said it best! Look at JR and Hoss(sorry for using your names in same sentence)! They are on the opposite side of almost every issue, and continually bicker back and forth, but both those fellows are usually strong defenders of the AMA, and I would doubt it is just about Insurance to either one of them! It is easy to see just from reading the post above mine that some just "get it", and some just "don't get it"!