As for AMA turbine wavers, I think they were put in place to discouraged flyers from obtaining turbines. If safety was the real reason, they were put in place, they why don't the AMA have a study manual and all the infor needed direct from them that you need to know to safety operate the turbine. Instead of sending you chasing all over the country to find someone to sign you off on the different aspects of the waiver process. Actually you have to find various people to sign you off. Why do they prevent you from flying a turbine on the buddy box with a qualified pilot? If safety was the real concern, they should want one to get the most exposure they can to turbine aircrafts and there flying characteristics. In the past, when the turbine were real expensive, their strategies seem to work, but now since prices are coming down on the turbines, and the kits also are becoming available used. So more people will be flying turbines and because AMA makes it more difficult than it should be, to get a waiver, a lot of people will be flying without them. So much for the safety aspect.