Bevan
CHAIRMAN
I'm with you Jaba - easy to bleat but who puts their hand up to help carry the load?
I've been a AOPA member through those political times and was disgusted as were many others. I believe AOPA is over those political problems of the past and have been for a long time.
The magazine alone is worth the subscription
There are bugger all representative bodies for GA, AOPA is one of the few.
We are all being slowly steamrollered, but it's outfits like AOPA that help put the handbrake on, and the speed of the roller down.
How do you guys that aren't members of one of the groups help stop the sh*t from flowing down the hill?
Apologies for the crook metaphors.
And my favourite saying, all it takes for the forces of evil to rule the world is for enough good men to do nothing! Same applies here. It is a thankless task. I am sure Philip Reiss and previously Andrew Andersen could confirm that a 40 hour week of unpaid work on top of their normal working week is a heavy burden to bare.
Those of us who donate similar, although not quite as heavily certainly understand. What AOPA, Warbirds, AMROBA, SAAA, and the list goes on needs is for a few, just a few more folk who are capable and talented in various areas, to man up and do something rather than whinge, whine and complain from the sidelines.
In most cases all it needs is the donation of the subscription, to help fund it all. I am a member (fully paid) of 5 or maybe more aviation orgs, because I believe it is worth it. Surely all of Australia's pilots could help fund AOPA at $165 a year or whatever it is. Plus whatever other specialist group you are affiliated with.
Get on board and quit the apathy or you get exactly what you deserve. Apply some of the Anzac spirit.
