ORIGINAL: vicman
To your comment STL, they are qualifying the pilot/model not model/field. With the E-ticket and paid club dues they should be welcomed to fly at an AMA chartered field. Do chartered clubs make a habit out of discriminating gliders, freeflight, or other diciplines? That would be a club issue not an AMA issue.
The E-ticket should allow the same benifiets (or those limitations stated in post 1) with the only restriction being the as stated for the model type and weight.
Vicman,
Sorry about taking so long to reply to what you had to say. I can see one major difference. That difference is that Gliders, Free Flight Control Liners etc. are full fleged AMA members. They all pay their full freight. Radio Control is but one diciplines involved in this hobby. While it's true that we are now in the majority, this was not always the case. I well remember when a Radio Controlled model airplane was a curiosity. What I believe that we are offering here is a limited membership (and one without all the privilidges that are included with the full membership). As such there would be no discrimination involved. We do not allow R.C. Cars to operate at our flying fields, nor do we allow R.C Boats. This is not discrimination, it is just an incompatable venue. We do not dislike the guys who pursue those parts of the R.C. hobby, we have just found that we and they get along far better if we operate at different places.
Bill, AMA 4720