RE: AMA charges too much
Simple enough.
AMA open membership cost $58 per year with all the listed benefits.
Option 1.- Great value/price. I'll take it.
Option 2. -Too much $ for me and of little value. No thanks.
I keep hearing that if AMA were cheaper without the excellent magazine they would sign up. Well, that option exists now. You can sign up with the USAMA, get primary coverage, and be happy as a clam. Or just wing it on your own with or without insurance.
Another thing I have noticed is that the most vehement detractors of the AMA use "AMA" and "Club" interchangably. Not all AMA members are club members and not all clubs are AMA chartered. In fact ahalf of the clubs within a 30 mile radius of me are not chartered clubs and only half require AMAto fly.
Why the need forAMA hate rants from people over something assimple as a price/value descision?
Carry on.