MY EDIT SINCE YOU ASKED.

Michael,
Thank you for your explanation, however it appears weak to me and does not speak well for the AMA headquarters staff (in the sense that………….).
Within the waivered turbine community is a constellation of more experienced jet flyers than your contributor, including AMA Hall of Fame members that are active participants in the hobby industry.
Many of these individuals have forgotten more than your contributor has learned with his short excursion into jets, and many of these industry members are capable of far better explanations of the fine points of turbine modeling. Sorry you elected to publish an article written by a friend (ARE YOU SURE) that does not represent WAIVERED PILOTS our special interest group, THE JPO.
If your editorial staff found your non-member contributor's offering to be more relevant, then it is obvious that you and the editorial staff do not in any way represent the special interest group. If you would rather rely on "non AMA member private airfield lone wolves" to help the dues paying membership understand the Jet special interest, then you must be more interested in selling magazines than in serving the AMA membership.
It is obvious that your mind is made up (NOT SURE I AGREE WITH THAT). I will not correct his errors, except to say that your "more relevant" contributor's knowledge about the waiver process was not learned from personal experience, since he doesn't qualify for one.

Sorry if I seem critical, but as I stated, we WAIVERED AMA PILOTS that have been around since the beginning of turbines worked hard for, and are protective of our waivers.
I'm sorry that you are not (TAKE THIS LAST SENT. OUT OR EDIT IT BETTER).
Your reply has raised my blood pressure slightly. I have decided to forward these communications to the JPO and others. I think our SIG should know who is representing us in print.

Sincerely,

Harley Condra
AMA 2045
Waiver 2290
JPO 1033
BVM REP
JetCat REP