"If you think that the JAA PPL is bad then think what it would have been without AOPA working for us."
Good point - maybe, who knows? AOPA's biggest problem is that their
PR is awful. The only way to find out what they do is to join, and I'm not about to spend £100 on the off chance that they are worth the money. If it was £20 / year I would give them a chance.