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Originally Posted by Plummit
AOPA focus can be changed by the membership? How? They don't have local reps (that I know of anyway). At least with the EAA we have local chapters so POSSIBLY change could be effected starting on the local level.
Interestingly the AOPA just sent me another contact to get me to rejoin the org. Seems they are down in membership quite a bit from there high of over four thousand members.....
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AOPA does have regional representatives. To see what AOPA is doing in and around your state, check out:
https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/state-advocacy
AOPA's focus is simply to serve its members. I had a problem with a municipal airport regarding an "exclusive rights" GA business issue. FAA tried to be helpful, but didn't have enough background knowledge at the local FAA level nor the inclination to take it higher up their chain. I called AOPA. Working with a government services rep and one of their attorneys I received precise information and advice that helped things get resolved quickly.
$59 per year worth it for AOPA? Definitely. It's no longer Craig Fuller's AOPA. If membership is down, there's either a free-rider problem, or, it's a sign of very bad things to come.