I have read ssmdive's comments several times and I do not see the condescension that dougbush sees. Ron W. Seems to have summarized the issue that ssmdive is trying to get at. I see no purpose in attacking someone's argument because somehow a reader has taken some personal affront to something where no affront was intended.
Although...I will also point out that many in this forum have had MUCH more extensive background checks than ssmdive appears to think make him stand out among us. We are pilots, that already makes us outside the norm. It would be reasonable to expect that we have non-flying backgrounds outside the norm, too.
Now, back on track. EAA HQ felt it needed to do something to protect the corporation from potential allegations. It implemented a program without apparently doing a thorough problem definition, analysis of alternatives, and effective member outreach. The result has been a significant push back from YE pilots and their chapters. Some have accepted the change, some have even embraced it. Others have left the program or continue under protest. Some chapters may be operating without any effective acknowledgement of the program at all. It is quite likely that YE flights are dropping. It is also possible that the program as implemented is not adding any additional protection and, in the EXTREMELY UNLIKELY EVENT that something undesirable does happen, EAA HQ may find that the current program does not protect them at all. So...what do we do about that?