ORIGINAL: the-plumber
ORIGINAL: ira d
Yes I do think they should use existing club sites, the idea behind paying less is
because the will have less ins coverage.
also it will take a lot of time and be very costly to develop other sites.
It sounds like you are advocating AMA membership dues based on the >models being flown<.
I'd call that a tiered membership structure with an unfunded mandate on chartered clubs to police those members with restricted 'benefits'.
Do you plan to be your club's License Category Inspector ?
AMA is not obligating itself to find and develop any 'e-fields'. That's for 'e-flyer members' to deal with.
An 'e-flyer membership' can only fractionate AMA, and badly.
As I understand the proposal the eflight guys would be AMA members but would
carry less insurance. since they are AMA members I feel they should be able
to fly at any club site.
Segregation of model types is very much alive with the turbine waiver thing
I for one would like to see that stopped. I dont want to see another group
segregated too.
There are many AMA members that find it difficult to a get turbine waiver and find
a place to fly there jets, many clubs discriminate against turbines.
I would like to see a system where the AMA does all it can to unite all members
however I do understand there may be a few select sites they may not be suitable
for every type of model. that being said I dont see a real problem with paying
a different rate baised on the type of model you fly as long as you allowed to fly
where you would like.
As for as enforcement it would be impossible to 100% enforce who fly what. lets
say someone with a park flyer membership was flying a turbine and had an accdent
if they didnt have enough coverage in there plane they would be sued for the rest.
As long as the club didnt condon what they were doing they would not be liable.