ORIGINAL: Stuntpilot51
ORIGINAL: flaminheli
Outlaw For Life!! The nearest club to me is about 35 minutes away. Why drive all the way to it when I can drive 2 minutes and fly. Let me ask this question. What does a club or the AMA have to offer me, besides insurance. Seeing how I would be giving them money every year, what will they be giving me? Are they going to send me a new plane or engine everytime I pay my dues?
Flaminheli,
Some of us are not so fortunate to have a flying field 2 minutes from there house. I find it amazing that you expect the AMA to buy you a plane just because you send them dues, does your car insurance company buy you a new car just because you send them money? how about your health insurance company? Maybe your bank credit card gives you a $1000 shopping spree just because you pay an annual fee. I've never heard a more dumb response than the one you gave.
Let me tell you what a club gives you, the chance to meet people with the same passion for flying that you have, a safe place to fly, a place where there's someone to take you to the hospital when you chop your finger off flying by yourself. A place where you can enter competitions to test your skill against other people. Or could it be your afraid of flying in front of other people.
I do not have anything against the AMA or anyone who is a member. I am not an AMA hater. I simply have the joy of flying locally and not having to join anything to do it. Yes, my insurance companies reward me every year for not filing a claim, by lowering my rates. Two years ago my Home and Auto insurance provider sent me a $100.00 gift card for being such a good customer by not filing any claims and keeping a perfect driving record. My credit card company gives me reward points. Not that any of this has anything to do with the AMA, I was just aswering a question.