Interesting suggestion that a grouping of all the relevant bodies e.g PFA, BGA, BMAA et al to form a National Airsports Association might be the way to go. An additional group without a "natural" home is the non-PFA types such as Luscombes, Airtourers, Cubs and the like. The owners of these types are probably very familiar with their aircraft, probably more so than the CAA and need an approval authority without the overheads of the CAA. I joined AOPA at Fly for 6 months to see what their view was. Anybody else feel the same way? We certainly need a voice on the Mode S issue, no electrics, cost etc and at the moment I would be a solo voice in the wilderness.
BTW on the issue of morons and morans, I seem to remember from my days in Kenya that a moran was a Masai warrior. Nice to think of the bold peer in a red loin-cloth carrying a spear.