Present SSA crisis

John,
Completely agree with you. Unified representation
is vital to our sport. If the SSA were to vanish tomorrow,
we'd have to re-create it for this alone. Making it
more effective would be an easier approach , though.

Ian






At 16:30 25 September 2006, Bb wrote:

I think there is a misperception here, albeit a common
one. Your -- and
my -- soaring is first and foremost dependent on the
FAA, and without
the SSA's advocacy we would have been regulated out
of the sky long
ago. As a concrete example, look at how many regulations
have glider
exemptions. Every one of them was won by long and hard
working SSA
volunteers backed up by the SSA organization. And I'm
sad to reflect on
how much better things could be if we had a stronger
organization.

It's funny that most people don't mention it often,
but I'd rate this
the number one thing we get out of a national organization.

John Cochrane BB