Of course the politicians are wrong on this, and trying to raise a cheap headline and a bit of support from the unthinking. That's life. YOU have to counter it - nobody else cares enough.
Sven, you have a well argued point, but what can be done?
Easy.
As I said early if our representative bodies collaborated
together we would have a powerful lobby.
56,000 pilots, together with all those employed in support services, is a powerful lobby group - that number can make a difference, particularly given that the population includes ahigher than average percentage of influencial people.
I might be wrong but I suspect the petty bickering that takes place between them will prevent this.
Well done to AOPA for at least getting the ball rolling but I am afraid a membership of less than 5,000 or less than 10% of the pilot community does not carry as much weight as it should.