What with fuel price campaigning and an accessible IR I would have thought people would be clapping and cheering for AOPA - but GA in this country isn't like that at all.
A very old trick is to do things badly for a long time, so that when you start to do things better, everyone claps (almost out of surprise). Of course, people had forgotten you were simply doing what you got paid to do in the first place.
Fortunately GA in this country is a bit more cynical, and for those of us who have been around for a while - have seen it all before.
Lest we forget the farce with regards the CAA PPLIR has been around for nearly as long as I have been flying - and yet until now AOPA chose to do nothing. Campaigning for speacilaist fuel status has more than a few hallmarks about it of campaigning for the bl%%d*34 obvious - infact we should be more surprised if AOPA had NOT raised the matter - and a year ago they would not have done so.
Ultimately their success will be measured by whether they achieve anything on these and other issues and whether they keep up their more proactive stance - I hope they do, but I shall wait to be convinced.