ORIGINAL: STLPilot
The reason......the baby boomers are getting old and when we eventually stop or slow down whatever it is that we do , there will not be enough people with the same interest to fill the void.
Blah blah blah. Give us a break. Pull my other leg and it will play Jingle Bells too. You sold on this theory as well? Yeah that DB can really sell a BS pitch to HIS members. Failure is a result of poor leadership and poor creativity. Both of which the EC lacks from the top down. Except for a couple of them, Dave M especially. The only thing getting old are the guys bringing the AMA down. There is PLENTY of room for expansion in USA, don't believe that crap for a second.
I've been beating my head against the wall for 3 decades trying to get the AMA and RC industry to work with me on helping the hobby to not only to survive, but to grow. IMHO, the only people who really paid attention and showed they really cared and actually did something positive was Horrace Cain, Dave Mathewson and STLpilot. I'm sure there must be others, but I firmly believe that if those 3 were in charge, AMA and the hobby/sport of RC aeromodeling would not be in the mess it's currently in.
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