Flying Lawyer many thanks for your reply. It may have seemed that I was having a dig....The point that I was trying to make is that the (former) GAPAN appeared to have little or no relevance to the many thousands of professional pilots out there doing the job day in and day out. The photos that were posted appeared to show a bunch of old men back-slapping and congratulating themselves on their good fortune.
I'm sure that the Honourable Company does many good deeds in the background; maybe it just needs to raise its public profile and IMHO try to appear to be more relevant to the many thousands of professional pilots plying their trade ?