i'm not trying to start anything so please no one get upset but what is the ama really for through some of my research they only cover you if your at a ama sanctioned field but to be at a ama field at least here in florida were i'm at you have to join a club (a little insite i just moved to florida i came from virginia were hundreds of fields to fly for free) so you end up paying the ama then a club on top of the ama i would figure if you were a ama member one of the benefits would be use of a ama sanctioned flying field . also with everything i've looked up on the net people talk about the declining numbers in the ama and club memberships nationwide so maybe i'm not seeing the whole picture but to increase membership in the ama it makes sense to get the clubs to open there flying fields up to ama card holders even if the club was to charge lets say $5 a day for use it seems the ama and the clubs would stand to better themselvses . (the club in my area allow 4 free visits a year to there field to fly more you have to join except for rc planes i have nothing else in commen with someone in there 60's ) 1 more thing if the county owns the property and makes the club follow the same rules as county parks then isn't the flying field really a county park ??? like i said i'm not trying to start anything and i have been flying a short time but all of my flying time has been free i just thought we are all pursuing the same hobby so if the ama wants money they need to be doing something for it don't they ???