Considerations for joining flying club

In article ne.com, Andrew
Gideon wrote:
Michael wrote:

The result is that when you want
to do something fun and challenging, you find it's against club rules.

Can you provide an example of something fun and challenging that is against
some club's rule? That seems rather against the idea of a club (as opposed
to an FBO).

I think it pretty much depends on the club. The last one I was in (Bay
Area Aero Club in Houston) had much less restrictive rules than a
typical FBO. For airfields, it just had to be marked on a chart as an
airfield - it was up to the PIC to determine whether it was safe to take
the plane there. Currency requirements were slightly stricter (due to
insurance) than what was set in the FARs.

Funnily enough, we had a much LOWER accident rate than all the nearby
FBOs.

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