ORIGINAL: FTiano
I learned the first time!
It is obvious that the average AMA member does not give 2 craps about rules for competition, all they want is a safe place to fly their Ugly sticks and some insurance to cover their butt if they get in trouble!
In the last election, of 130,000 members, less than 30,000 voted if my memory serves me correctly.
So, you are way smarter than me cause you knew this before I did!
FT
But those average guys are the guys who actually subsidize our insurance. You have to respect the desires of the average schmoo with an Ugly Stick, he wants just what you say, a safe place to fly and insurance, and I think if it REALLY came up for a referendum, don't you wonder if they would want to cover turbines at all? I don't know, but I am sure not confident that the answer would be "sure, I don't mind paying to cover a lot of extra risk for a handful of guys with turbines and a lot more money than me!"
Food for thought.
It was actually only about 25,000 members out of 180,000 who voted!