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Old 12-08-2007 | 10:58 AM
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Default RE: AMA's new Park Plilot Program

Again Bill it's all based on supply and demand. Sounds like your club is expensive, but not unreasonable. But the only way to find out what the price should be is based on a bunch of math. First off you have to determine what the nut is going to be. That means the dollar amount the club must have to keep it's lease, pay rent, tax and other necessities. And then you add in your wishful luxuries. Now you have a dollar amount. Then you have to determine how many bodies you want to belong to the flying site. That includes the total amount from both clubs and subtracting the number of bodies that belong to both clubs. Then when you find that numbers you have a foundation to work with. Is you club that price because you would like twice as many members? So lets say you have room for 25 members in $58 club but you can't get them. Are you willing to add a Park Pilot club just to fill in those voids which will reduce costs for everyone? Or will you have to reduce costs just to keep the Park Pilots from forming their own clubs. Let's not forget the discount for a club member that would belong to both clubs, no different then family member discounts. Bottom line is there are things to consider and it's up to the clubs to decide. But Bill I've seen the materials, they are right in front of me on my desk. The AMA did not throw this program overnite, they made an effort for Park Pilots to acquire flying sites, I can assure you that a few attitudes will change when they see others benefiting from this program.