Registration of Independent Pilots

[Aegle]

When do I get an opportunity to vote for my representative?

[shrapnel]

Needs a minimum of 6 independent pilots to register for membership of the group before it can be recognized. Only seven have registered. The thinking is that more need to be registered in order for it to be consistently viable.

Frankly it looks like there is very little interest. At the risk of having Aegle chaining herself to the railings outside USAAC headquarters screaming about women's suffrage, there doesn't seem to be much point in pursuing it at this time.

[Firestorm]

Yes please don't let her do that...we really don't need that at this point.

One woman One vote..... why not I say, just let the rest of us have 2 votes each

[Tango]

LOL Firestorm........she could get 1 vote and men 2....but she will have the power of 2 voices as all women......LOL 

[Firestorm]

dont they all.......lol

[Inferno]

ill give ya my vote if ya need a 7th....

[Aegle]

I count eight people now registered. I think we should go ahead and get this moving. Does it need some sort of special setup, poll or whatever for a vote to be held? If not I cast my vote in favour of Firestorm to represent us. If he needs a campaign manager I'm available despite his crack about 1 vote for women and 2 for men :)

[Firestorm]

Thanks Aegle........promise to control my cracks about women too..that was totally out of character. I was having a senior moment at the time.

[shrapnel]

Problem with this is that Popgun is now a member of the TS squad and, I think, Ravens will soon be joining USAAC which wll eliminate Valkyrie and Tango from the registered list. That will leave 5 registered pilots when you need a minimum of 6.
Not much point in going ahead with this unless any of you can recruit more independent pilots.

[nightprey]

I'm in

Nightprey

[talon_one]

Talon_One here count me in

[shrapnel]

I will answer Talon since I don't think anyone else is going to and, after all, I did start the thread several months ago.

The problem here seems to be lack of interest. Not enough independent pilots came forward to make a viable group and, even if they had there was always the problem that many would eventually join a USAAC squad and become ineligible.

Perhaps circumstances have changed in that two or three USAAC squads have dismantled and the pilots are now with non USAAC squads. Theoretically, therefore, there should be more than enough independent pilots to form a group. Problem remains; is there enough interest?

Just to remind everyone of what it is all about:

"Pilots who do not belong to any squad and pilots who are in squads that are not registered with USAAC may join the Independent Pilot Group. In order to do so they must submit their names by posting in this forum. Their names must be the user names under which they are registered on the CLP.
If a sufficient number of pilots come forward arrangements will be made for them to vote for two of their number to represent them in USAAC."

Not many people are contributing to these forums these days but I suspect that many visit as guests from time to time hoping that, eventually, they will see something meaningful. :) Anyway it's up to those who read this to decide whether they want to put their names forward. If enough do so then it can move forward. As always I, as an independent pilot, am willing to be part of such a group. This is open to any pilot who is not in an existing USAAC squad but, in the final count, 50 percent of those registered must be US pilots.

So if you want your voice to be heard put your name forward. This may be of particular interest to ex TS, TEA pilots and those from non registered squads like FD, WS, Tigers etc. which have a number of US pilots. Anyway it's up to you.  You can drag AA pilots to the water but you can't make em drink. :)

[shrapnel]

Over the months the following have expressed an interest:
Vipor
Aegle
Firestorm
Inferno
shrapnel
Nightprey
Talon_One

I don't know how many of those are still interested but there would have to be quite a few more before it could be considered a viable group.