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Hello James,
Thanks for contacting AOPA's Pilot Information Center! We appreciate the suggestion. AOPA has many ways of generating revenue to help advocate for General Aviation. As stated before, we are not taking sides, and not engaging in any actions regarding this. Flight Prep does advertise with us. We certainly value your opinion but we cannot cease this agreement for simply the reasons mentioned. Thank you for writing and stay tuned for updates! Tailwinds,
Patrick Smith, Aviation Technical Specialist AOPA Government Affairs --
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If nothing else, AOPA should not accept advertising from this company.
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Re: Flightprep> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:46:19 -0500> >
Hello James,
Thanks for contacting AOPA's Pilot Information Center! We appreciate your concerns, and we are very aware of the situation. We have watched this situation develop from the start and at this time we are not responding to the communications to AOPA from Flight Prep. Concerning advocacy for the other for-profit entities that FlightPrep has engaged, we are unable to assist them. We do not engage in the advocacy of private business and we cannot spend membership dollars to help assist private businesses make money. We will continue to report on the situation and I will certainly pass your information along to our executives for their consideration.
Tailwinds,
Patrick Smith, Aviation Technical Specialist > AOPA Government Affairs -- Pilot Information Center > Tel: 800.872.2672 or 301.695.2000
Original Message Below
To Whom it may concern,
I'm sure that AOPA is aware of the recent actions by Flightprep.com to enforce alleged patent infringement upon makers of small flight planning companies. The latest casualty is Navmonster.com, which has been forced to stop offering flightplanning services. This is severely impacting the safety of general aviation and needs to be addressed.
Best Regards,
James K Buechler