Graham Chadwick

I have clearly got myself in a into a spiral of my own confusion.. Will you all please disregard my comments re insurance/membership fees It can be embarrassing to admit you are wrong but even more so to say that you have talked a load of tripe! Sorry all.

Just to clarify my own views, I DO NOT object to the fair membership fee at the present level. I do however object to the insurance fee being set at 3 times the price it actually costs the BMFA. Its not relevant you perceived value, its the real cost we are talking about. (charge the cost £11+ £5 administration fee ) Dose that sound fair to you? I do think the annual cost to OUR club of the magazines is ridiculous in these days of the internet. (Don't be patronizing about older members, we are not all sat mumbling to ourselves listening to the home service). I do think the National flying sight is a vanity project that will only be a money pit of no benefit the 99.9% of our membership . And lastly I would like the BMFA to be like some of the other clubs I am a member of and work to benefit its members with the negotiation of group discount for the membership, AND THEN PASS THESE BACK TO US, NOT TREBEL AND THEN TELL US THIS IS OUR ONLY COMPULSORY SUPPLIER . These are my views and I do not claim to speak for anyone else. I am allways very suspicious of those claiming to speak for others, or for me.   Edited By Graham Chadwick on 22/01/2017 14:29:14 Edited By Graham Chadwick on 22/01/2017 14:32:10

It seems many issues are getting clumped together. There is insurance costing £11 being charged to BMFA members at £33 It has been said that the BMFA need to do this to pay for staff etc, that what we pay membership fees for? Fees have been compaired to a golf club, do the BMFA own and maintain YOUR flying sight NO so nothing like a golf club. Red hearings come to mind. I would just like the BMFA to work for its members instead of milking then. Work to negotiate members discounts not national flying sights which the vast majority will never visit or use. Let's have the magazine become a "e magazine" that could reduce the need for the BMFA over charge the membership. My opinion only, am I the only one? Perhaps talking points for the next black tie dinner?

I am totally shocked. If it is true that our BMFA insurance only costs £11 and we pay £33 this is scandalous. I naively thought the BMFA was working for me' on my behalf, to support me in my chosen pass time. But if this is correct then the BMFA is taxing me 200% on a closed shop insurance. Closed shop by not recognizing other identical insurance. This is like driving to your country boundary and being told they don't recognized your insurance and you have to re buy the identical policy to drive there. I pay a membership fee to the BMFA and am incensed at being taxed by their 200% insurance tax. Please tell me I have have been missinformed or misunderstood this situation. Or SHAME ON YOU BMFA. Edited By Graham Chadwick on 09/01/2017 11:54:34

To Weasel. Spent £12,500 and built one, even more to moan about. To be fair she was a different. moaner. Some people have only one sort of luck.

Boy o boy that Feud chap new his stuff!!!