SSA as a division of the EAA?

I have. Shawn, about a year ago, I started a thread on this exact
subject. As it progressed I visited with the folks at EAA, who
expressed their feelings about the relationship between our soaring
world and theirs as a very positive one. The EAA has it's different
divisions, Warbird, Antique, Classic, and the infrastructure to support
it. And all those members who want to try something different.
The only problem was at that time they too were going through a "where
are we heading" problem themselves and bringing the SSA/EAA together,
would have been low priority. Plus the majority of posters here were,
as you can read from the thread, very pro SSA. For cheap entertainment
I think I'll go back and reread it myself.
I've paid my last $65 to SSA. I'm rejoining EAA !
snoop

Shawn Curry wrote:
Has anyone knocked at EAA's or AOPA'S door to see if they'll have us?
What do we have that they might want? Sure thousands of new members
(those that aren't already members). What else?
Just curious.

Shawn

Shawn, that thread is "Revisiting Declining Membership, started on Dec
31, 2004. Regards

snoop wrote:
I have. Shawn, about a year ago, I started a thread on this exact
subject. As it progressed I visited with the folks at EAA, who
expressed their feelings about the relationship between our soaring
world and theirs as a very positive one. The EAA has it's different
divisions, Warbird, Antique, Classic, and the infrastructure to support
it. And all those members who want to try something different.
The only problem was at that time they too were going through a "where
are we heading" problem themselves and bringing the SSA/EAA together,
would have been low priority. Plus the majority of posters here were,
as you can read from the thread, very pro SSA. For cheap entertainment
I think I'll go back and reread it myself.
I've paid my last $65 to SSA. I'm rejoining EAA !
snoop

Shawn Curry wrote:
Has anyone knocked at EAA's or AOPA'S door to see if they'll have us?
What do we have that they might want? Sure thousands of new members
(those that aren't already members). What else?
Just curious.

Shawn

snoop wrote:
Shawn, that thread is "Revisiting Declining Membership, started on Dec
31, 2004. Regards

Thanks, I'll look it up too. I knew it was discussed some time in the
recent past (around the computer scandal time I thought).


Shawn

Shawn Curry wrote:
snoop wrote:
Shawn, that thread is "Revisiting Declining Membership, started on Dec
31, 2004. Regards

Thanks, I'll look it up too. I knew it was discussed some time in the
recent past (around the computer scandal time I thought).

I believe the reason it's associated with the computer fiasco is the SSA
got a lot of "guidance" from the EAA, which had acquired the same or
similar system before the SSA. I recall our director being very
disappointed with their advice.


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