David Gunter wrote:

Aside from joining a local EAA chapter, what other qualifications must a
pilot have in order to become a volunteer for the Young Eagles
program? After poking around the EAA website I get the impression there
is nothing else, but want to verify.

You don't have to join a local chapter if you're a member of the national org.
There are also a few affiliated organizations, and you can fly YEs if you're a
member of one of those. I don't know what they are, however.

You need a pilot's certificate that qualifies you to carry passengers on the
type of flight planned (typically, rec. pilot or better), a current medical,
you must meet the currency requirements for carrying passengers (90 days), have
a current BFR, and the plane must be insured.

In short, if the FAA will let you make the flight, the EAA will.

Now. If you don't belong to a local chapter, here's what you can do. Go to
http://www.youngeagles.org/3000next/events.html and check out future flights
that are close enough for you to participate in. Then call the contact number
and ask the person running the show if they need any more pilots. If so, show
up and fly.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."