Dick, I am sure the moderators will explain the issue of AOPA on this site to you far better than I can.
Boyer is no longer the big cheese. He stood down a couple of months ago so he can now say what he likes because it no longer carries the weight of his former position. Much like yourself, Mr Smith
I have been offline for three weeks so I need to get up to speed. FAA has pulled TIS? That IS an interesting turn of events. A major plank of UAT is the ability to depict ALL transponder equipped aircraft positions from transmitted data. Take out TIS and all that is left is realtime METAR and NOTAM info. Expensive kit for that purpose. What are the bets UAT is going to be killed off some time soon?
Reading the the US JCP I got the distinct impression that some would like the FAA to keep UAT as the sole system for purely parocial reasons. Hopefully, that some is a very small sample.