Jim,
Good info and good points! In reading these posts and dealing with things at our fields and people too, it really does come down to the club needing to be the "pro-activity" for rules understanding, enforcement and handling violations properly with their own members...and as a by-product, we ought to see it happening cleaner and better at events too.

Now...how does a AMA club become more proactive in all this?

Here is what we did at Georgia Model Aviators...a 285 member private club that leases it's flying site from the County in North GA.

-Created a Turbine Coordinator position where all turbine operations at the field are coordinated through this person
-He is a CD and Waiver holder, so he can sign off on Waivers and take folks through the Waiver process too
-NO ONE can fly a turbine jet at GMA without a prior check flight with our Coordinator or designated person he assigns to do the check flight. This rule does not apply if we have an event or when invitational demo pilots come fly at one of our events.

This insures the person joining the club is proficient in safety code and their ability to fly is checked...even if they have held a Waiver for 5 years...if they are new to GMA...they get a check flight and their plane is gone over with the coordinator or the assigned folks.

-The Turbine Coordinator also holds a "Turbine Clinic" once or twice a year for new folks or people expressing an interest in this area of the hobby. We offer buddy box flights for anyone interested in flying a jet (wow...does this go a million miles for the "jet nay sayers" when they get behid the sticks of a Kingcat and fall in love with it!!!

Last time out, we burned about 10 gallons of Kero with my Kingcat, and let about 12-15 folks that would never have the chance to own a jet...to fly that day.

But for the 55 lb weight thing...we all just need to fess up that have them and get them done properly...call a spade a spade and man up...and get in compliance and practice it too.

I am saying this in my area of the US...I hope Lewis Patton doesn't have to spend his whole week at Jets Over KY worrying about the weight of jets and stand next to a scale!!! Folks...that's our job BEFORE we ever head to the event!!!

Rex