Quote Originally Posted by martymayes View Post
Not sure what lines you are reading between but nowhere does EAA say they are limited to homebuilts. It's about grassroots aviation. Recently, it's been less about grassroots aviation and more about elitist.
First, all the people complain about certified stuff being here and there, and the high dollar contributors getting better perks. Then they go off about how EAA should go back to its roots, which is homebuilts. I think people forget that it takes money to run an organization, and if big sponsors get some perks to go along with large contributions, so be it. That's the way the world works. Aviation an elitist community. The idea that everyone can afford to fly and own an airplane is absurd. Its a middle to upper class activity. Always has been, always will be.

I see EAA at a crossroads, they can either do what they need to do to survive and potentially thrive. Or they can appease the old timers who want to go back to the "grass roots" of experimental, and let the organization die with the old timers. Which is it going to be?