i understand that i myself in all the years i have also run into a club like that i think my point is if the ama is so important then why do the clubs try to restrict other ama members ya'gotta remember i'm dealin' with people in there 60's + they are the ones that for what ever reason always seem to make these type of things harder to deal with (weather it be the good ol' boy thing or the know it all age) .you guys know the type they act like you don't belong when you just show up and want to ask simple questions if the ama set some kind of guide lines then maybe i could see spending some money with them even if the club gave us a little more time to do the get to know ya' thing . as far as ama covering you outside of a ama flying field i don't know i my years the best type of flying is common sense .