Just got off the phone. They called earlier this week & I suggested
they call back (they did).

Anybody else done one recently?

TC

I had an automated call from an AOPA Air Safety Foundation. When I hung up
on the machine a human called me back 10 minutes later.
Jim

> wrote in message
...
> Just got off the phone. They called earlier this week & I suggested
> they call back (they did).
>
> Anybody else done one recently?
>
> TC

wrote:
> Just got off the phone. They called earlier this week & I suggested
> they call back (they did).
>
> Anybody else done one recently?
>
> TC


I got a call a few weeks ago. Asked me for money. I told them I pay
for recurrent training. If they could get me my money back in insurance
reductions, then i would donate to their safety courses. I feel I pay
enough for my own safety - don;t need to spend more for something that
does not get me much. Some pilots don't give a hoot. Why should I
subsidize other people's training/education? I already do that by force
from my government with the local school taxes.

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:29:12 -0400, Tim >
wrote:

>I got a call a few weeks ago. Asked me for money. I told them I pay
>for recurrent training. If they could get me my money back in insurance
>reductions, then i would donate to their safety courses. I feel I pay
>enough for my own safety - don;t need to spend more for something that
>does not get me much. Some pilots don't give a hoot. Why should I
>subsidize other people's training/education? I already do that by force
>from my government with the local school taxes.

Is the caller-id for these calls telefund, inc?

> Anybody else done one recently?

I got one last fall.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Peter Clark wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:29:12 -0400, Tim >
> wrote:
>
>
>>I got a call a few weeks ago. Asked me for money. I told them I pay
>>for recurrent training. If they could get me my money back in insurance
>>reductions, then i would donate to their safety courses. I feel I pay
>>enough for my own safety - don;t need to spend more for something that
>>does not get me much. Some pilots don't give a hoot. Why should I
>>subsidize other people's training/education? I already do that by force
>
>>from my government with the local school taxes.
>
> Is the caller-id for these calls telefund, inc?

I don't recall. I only got one call. I told them i would check out
their online safety courses and if I thought they were worth it I would
pay/donate. I prefer to go for my own training rather than listen to
some "safety seminar." I have been to a number of wings and other FAA
programs. All have been a waste of time.

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:29:12 -0400, Tim >
wrote:

wrote:
>> Just got off the phone. They called earlier this week & I suggested
>> they call back (they did).
>>
>> Anybody else done one recently?
>>
>> TC
>
>
>I got a call a few weeks ago. Asked me for money. I told them I pay
>for recurrent training. If they could get me my money back in insurance
>reductions, then i would donate to their safety courses. I feel I pay
>enough for my own safety - don;t need to spend more for something that
>does not get me much. Some pilots don't give a hoot. Why should I
>subsidize other people's training/education? I already do that by force
>from my government with the local school taxes.

If it's through the Air Safety Foundation it's well worth the money.
The ABS uses them and they have a whale of a safety course. runs a
whole week end with 10 hours of class room and 4 to 5 hours flying.
Counts for a BFR, one phase of the wings program, and an IPC. I'm
missing something as it should be four things.

The ASF does a lot of education and they just might keep some one from
running into you.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Roger wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:29:12 -0400, Tim >
> wrote:
>
>
wrote:
>>
>>>Just got off the phone. They called earlier this week & I suggested
>>>they call back (they did).
>>>
>>>Anybody else done one recently?
>>>
>>>TC
>>
>>
>>I got a call a few weeks ago. Asked me for money. I told them I pay
>>for recurrent training. If they could get me my money back in insurance
>>reductions, then i would donate to their safety courses. I feel I pay
>>enough for my own safety - don;t need to spend more for something that
>>does not get me much. Some pilots don't give a hoot. Why should I
>>subsidize other people's training/education? I already do that by force
>
>>from my government with the local school taxes.
>
> If it's through the Air Safety Foundation it's well worth the money.
> The ABS uses them and they have a whale of a safety course. runs a
> whole week end with 10 hours of class room and 4 to 5 hours flying.
> Counts for a BFR, one phase of the wings program, and an IPC. I'm
> missing something as it should be four things.
>
> The ASF does a lot of education and they just might keep some one from
> running into you.
> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> www.rogerhalstead.com


If they ever have one near me and I attend i will be glad to donate.
However, they don;t seem to get around to my location/near me...

Just an aside...
During working hours all phone calls are answered by my staff... They
do not pass on calls like that unless I have told them I'm expecting
it...
Outside of the office I have a pocket phone... I don't answer any
phone calls from numbers I don't recognize - and some numbers I do...
We do not have a traditional phone in the house, only our pocket
phones...
As a result I do not get the meal time scammers trying to sell us
something...
In fact I don't get many phone calls at all... Priceless!

If you want to do business with me, mail your sales pitch with a
return address and business phone and I will consider it - usually for
roughly 3 milliseconds...

denny