While I appreciate that the BHAB has done some excellent work, and that it probably wasn't intended as a club for rich owners
I think you mean the HCGB. The BHAB is not a club.
Whatever the strengths and weaknesses of the HCGB as a club, there can be no doubt that its Secretary Jeremy James does a lot of good work on behalf of the UK helicopter community.
So does the BHAB.
H.