“Amalgamate AOPA as well and GA might finally have a strong unified voice/pressure group in the UK.”
Aopa have 4000 members, but have refused to even join the alliance so will probably never join us. The next obvious group would be the BGA which also has about 4000 members. The LAA / BMAA and the BGA work very closely together at the moment.
With the LAA and BMAA together we get 12,000 members plus some significant operational cost savings which will make a difference on the lobby side. The combined association would also represent 6000 competed aircraft and about 2000 under construction, which is a very significant % of the UK light aircraft fleet. With the changes in EASA this number of aircraft – along with the membership this brings in, is likely to rise sharply over the next few years.
Rod1