GA needs an advocate

[Fearless Tower]

But not like this one.

Anyone else see this?

AOPA Salaries....
Fuller (Craig): More than $815k
Myers: More than $800k
Moran: More than $462k
Roberts: More than $416k
Rudinger: More than 321k
Other Misc: Numerous $200 - 300k

http://aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&ID=568942B1-3B6B-4E35-9549-F23580A4E205

Pretty sickening. The problem is that GA needs an advocate now more than ever. But the advocate that AOPA used to be is gone. It has become a self-licking ice cream cone.

Want to know what Craig is up to while he scratches his head and wonders why membership is declining? Just plug in N4GA into Flight Aware.

Sadly, there are alot of hard working people at AOPA that don't even get a fraction of the salaries above. This is UNSAT - Craig needs to be shown the door.

 

[Jim Logajan]

So what is the alternative? NO advocacy?

Create an alternative to AOPA. Make the reason for the alternative group's need explicitly clear. Work out its objectives, bylaws, funding sources, what its objectives aren't (probably just as important as what its objectives are) and such things in an Internet public forum.

The PoA member count shows 10,010 entries as of today. Among those thousands should be enough people to form a viable core for such an alternative. One or more of those who quit AOPA should take the initiative and start a thread on starting such an alternative advocacy group. Be prepared for some long hard and expensive work. If spending a few tens of dollars a year is too much of a pain, you may as well forget the whole thing.