Dog is my Copilot wrote:To me may AOPA may not be an ideal organization but in realty it is really the one of the only organizations with any lobbying power to fight the moving tide toward more restrictions in GA. If the powers that be had their way we would be flying under a system similar to Europe with user fees and substantial limitations as GA pilots. Contacting our local representative will help on this particular issue but we need lobbying power in DC to represent GA. I believe organizations like AOPA and the EAA provide some voice for GA resisting federal regulatory changes. While I do not agree with all of the actions AOPA has taken I do believe they have done more overall good than bad. I support them and compared to the amount of money spent in aviation over my life it represents a small infinitesimal amount of money.
Josh

mtv wrote:.....
The FAA Administrator addressed a SRO crowd at Oshkosh, which I attended, and said basically that this decision upsets him far more than it does us….us being pilots. Seriously, he was very outspoken against this.
But, he doesn’t have the yank to over ride Legal, apparently. ....

hotrod180 wrote:

mtv wrote:.....
The FAA Administrator addressed a SRO crowd at Oshkosh, which I attended, and said basically that this decision upsets him far more than it does us….us being pilots. Seriously, he was very outspoken against this.
But, he doesn’t have the yank to over ride Legal, apparently. ....

I thought the administrator was the top dog at FAA.
"I'm with you, guys, but my hands are tied" sounds like bullshit to me.