I agree Horatio and apologise that my comments regarding AOPA are negative. But many years ago as a member, there was consensus that if anything was to be achieved politically, the membership fees would need to be massively increased. I was happy with that then, despite AOPA real estate assets in Canberra being squandered.
And then nothing was really achieved. The CASA Regulatory Reform process never took off. That's from about 20 years ago.
I do realise that Ben's efforts are admirable despite unsophisticated. And I have no doubt that nothing will be achieved from the Wagga talkfest.
Did CASA Chairman, Jeff Boyd attend? And were any undertakings by CASA promised?
(The reason that I rag Ben, is that his title as AOPA Executive Director is a bit pretentious to me.)