those are good points from both and i think i said it once before here but it is the 'want it right now generation' (gen y) that we're fighting (not in the literal sense) i remember when i was a young one i was real interested in flying of all types and it was the "old hats" back then that got me into it but back then i don't remember all the b.s. about the AMA we are all in the same hobby we are all doing the samething basiclly so i don't understand why it is you have to be on one side of the fence or the other .
trust me fliers1 i know all to well about being flamed on the forum ya'gotta give it to rcken for putting up with all of us .
and i'll say it like this the AMA is on the decline for many reasons and we have only scratched the surface i do not believe it comes down to me against you that is the cause i think it's more about the generational gap, the newer generation itself and probably the cost to join both the AMA and a club .
being on the outside i'd join but i have to find a place where i feel at home and welcomed to fly .
it isn't all the "old hats" it's the ones i like to call the almighty AMA'ers the ones that look at change as a bad thing .
thats in part to the decline and of coarse most of us when kids didn't have PS3 or Xbox to rot our minds and our parents told us to get the heck out of the house when it was nice outside .