u/Massive-Magician-240

I’ve been flying RC planes on and off for years. I’m based in the UK if that helps.

I bought my son a 3d printer so decided to print up some planes and give them a flight, loads of success and some failures but with RC planes that’s how it goes.

I wanted to be legal so I got my operators and flyers ID.
With the oncoming Amazon closure of airspace (it has already grounded one club) I decided it would be prudent to join a club and at least fly under insurance.

I visited the local club and had a trial flight. I decided to join. As part of joining the club I needed bmfa membership which is great because it insures me 3rd party. (I am being responsible)

I used up my 3 trial/training flights at the club following the bmfa handbook teaching plan, which I just did what they said as I’ve got to learn their way. I then brought one of my 3dprinted planes for them to train me on with a buddy box setup Radiomaster trainer and flysky fsi6 student box for me. They refused as the plane “would crash and break”

So I went away and bought a trainer plane installed all the radios and balanced it took it down to the club to learn to fly. I wasn’t allowed to train because they think the new plane is too good for a beginner (I’ve been flying for 10 years, it’s an Avios grand tundra on 4s propped down)

Now they are pulling their faces because they don’t want me to connect to their club training radios with a Radiomaster because “they don’t trust it” they want me to go and get spektrum rx and tx to train me on.

I’m starting to despair…… really wondering was it actually worth joining a club between making up spurious reasons not to train me, to pouring disdain on the aircraft I’ve built mixed with the constant threat of closed airspace due to BMFA not pulling their thumbs out their backsides. Help me out here 🤦‍♂️ is it really worth the hassle

Good afternoon,

I am currently in receipt of Universal credit with LCWRA status and because of that I am in the non work group for ESA.

I understand that personal injury payments are disregarded for the first 52 weeks. Does this mean the 16k savings threshold doesn’t apply for the first 52 weeks ? I would still be classed as having no income for that time, then they record my spending?

My question really is how to approach this because I still am not fit for work and the amount isn’t greatly over the threshold. Household bills would bring down the amount to below the threshold within the 6 months of my claim closing. I don’t want my claim to be closed as when the money runs out, I don’t want to lose my LCWRA as I may still not be fit for work.

I absolutely don’t want to be “paid twice” and it’s right that I should spend my award money on bills, I just don’t want to lose the LCWRA status that I have.

I’ve looked at trusts, but it’s ambulance chaser territory.

I’m just wondering why every few months I get this pop up in my journal. Nothing has changed and everything has been declared.

It seems the emails always come at strange times and wake me up, for example I got two of the same as above at 3 am and then 3:15

It seems a bit weird