Present SSA crisis

Beg to differ, if wifey says 'no' it don't happen ;-)

Your point below "won by long and hard working SSA volunteers backed up by
the SSA organization" raises the question "if volunteers did so much of the
work, is the SSA necessary or could some other organization back
volunteers?"

Also interesting that if I wasn't married and there was no FAA there'd be no
one to say "no".



"BB" wrote in message
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SAM 303a wrote:
... 'what do we get from the SSA?' My
soaring is dependent on my wife's support, my club, the FAI, the SRA,
and
the SSA, in that order. Maybe there's a problem with the value
equation.


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

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

At 15:01 25 September 2006, Sam 303a wrote:
Which of the many things that need doing will you do?

Whatever is most urgent and necessary and short of
other volunteers.

How about all the rest of us ?

Ian