Originally Posted by englishal
AOPA UK is not run anything like the US AOPA - if it were I'd join. Their website is rubbish, it has very little useful info on there, other than listing the board of directors
I've been wondering what exactly is the point of AOPA - the acronym, rather than the organisation. I'm a member of both AOPA US and AOPA UK, and the differences are more striking than the similarities, so why do they share that acronym? AOPA US is clearly better funded, so can afford to have a much better web site, and employ professional lobbyists, but I don't understand why they can't share their expertise, or even their web site software.
As battle lines are being drawn against EASA, the obvious thing to do is pool the resources of the other European organisations that use the AOPA acronym. However, if it's that obvious, there must be a fundamental reason why it's not happening. Could someone please explain this to me?