Quote Originally Posted by Mayhemxpc View Post
You can quit. You can run away and say that you are no part of it. Your choice. The problem is much bigger than you perceive. My impression is that EAA top management is fighting it, and they are pretty savvy about it, too.

If we do not fight...if we do not offer our support and do what we can to help in that fight, whether it is EAA, AOPA, or any other group out there, then you are just giving in to government doing whatever it pleases, regardless of law. The Administration's action (and do not believe that this idea is some independent thought of the FAA's) was brazen and really unparalleled. Just like the previously announced tower closings. That also violated the Administrative Act. It takes a little more time to counter a blitzkrieg action like that. The planner's within the Administration learned very well from the closing of Meigs Field. It is right out of that playbook.

As for me, as long as the EAA leadership continues to fight (and I do NOT regard this as a surrender, just a defeat) then I will be there with them and help however I can. After all WE are the EAA. For those who feel the same way...I will see you at ground zero next month.
Jack Pelton's statement makes it very clear that EAA and AirVenture are one and indivisible. Lot's of members have felt and spoken about that for a long time. This is just the last straw. I have my principles and evidently they don't coincide with EAAs. You don't give in to extortion and/or blackmail. If the EAA just said "no", don't you think that the vendors and the rest of those who would be financially impacted wouldn't be screaming to their legislators and lobbyists? What is more important, one summer's revenue or pushing back on government that is out of control?