There is a lot of unfocused anger about the high dues due to the HGFA ($390/year). You can see that here.

Insurance is a large HGFA expense. One question that arises is, is the level of third party liability insurance purchased by the HGFA appropriate for the sport and can it be reduced while still providing the needed coverage?

HGFA Members should compare the cost of their national third party liability insurance with that paid by other national hang gliding/paragliding organizations and if the HGFA is an outlier, that should be addressed. The cost per capita is the appropriate measure.

In addition, is the "culture" at the HGFA headquarters appropriate to the sport? Some have described the "attitude" as equivalent of that toward work place safety in the mining industry. Now (as opposed to in the past) any time there is an incident a series of drastic and unwarranted actions are taken instead of realizing that hang gliding has a certain level of danger and that in order not to strangle the sport completely only an appropriate level of self regulation should be engaged in. If you wrap the sport in egg cartons, it will no longer exist.

Now, apparently, instructors are routinely harassed when issues arise. Without the cooperation and commitment of the instructors, the organization will die.