I agree that flaky players and GMs can be frustrating. But personally, I haven't found folks in organized play (Encounters or PFS) to be any more or less flaky than average. Often when I join a new group (organized, non-organized, whatever), there will be one or two wingnuts. Maybe it's just...
Don't get ahead of yourself -- James Jacobs and other folks at Paizo have been fairly clear that a reasonably priced Pathfinder Adventure Path PDF subscription (i.e. cheaper than buying a subscription to the dead tree version) is not in the works.
My point is that an electronic format like a (legal) PDF is mostly competing with other electronic formats (like pirated PDFs AND online rules web sites -- the part of my post that you ignored for whatever reason). You`re welcome to try to prove to the world that electronic copies of the rules...
I think it's much more like WotC offering a copy of the d20 SRD for free and also a copy of the d20 SRD that includes art for $9.99.
An electronic copy has to compete with other electronic copies first and foremost. What other electronic copies are available? Illegal pdfs for $0 and web sites...