AOPA and the Wall Street Journal

[Cub Driver]

Yesterday (Wednesday) the Wall Street Journal had an op-ed about
terrorism, illustrated by a cute little drawing of what seems to be
two Light Sport Aircraft buzzing (or possibly crop-dusting with ricin,
since crop dusters are mentioned in the essay) the White House.

I got onto the AOPA website and filled out an online email. Later I
noticed the Phil Boyer had an email contact there as well, so for good
measure I emailed him as well.

This was about 6 a.m. eastern time. By mid-morning I had an email from
Mr. Boyer saying he was in California (so it must have been 6 a.m. for
him as well) but would get on to it as soon as he could locate a WSJ.
Likely he was typing on a Blackberry.

Mid-afternoon I got an email from AOPA in much more general terms,
thanking me and saying it would be passed on to the public-relations
staff for action.

A while ago I posted here how impressed I was with AOPA's response to
a question I had on the changes to recreational pilot rules as a
result of the Sport Pilot initiative. Well, I'm impressed again--more
by Phil Boyer than by his staff! I look forward to his letter in a
forthcoming issue of the Journal :)

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

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[Ross Richardson]

On occassions I have e-mail Mr. Boyer and was impressed how quickly he
responded and addressed my problems. For a guy who heads the largest
aviation organization, he is very approachable.

Ross


Cub Driver wrote:
>
> Yesterday (Wednesday) the Wall Street Journal had an op-ed about
> terrorism, illustrated by a cute little drawing of what seems to be
> two Light Sport Aircraft buzzing (or possibly crop-dusting with ricin,
> since crop dusters are mentioned in the essay) the White House.
>
> I got onto the AOPA website and filled out an online email. Later I
> noticed the Phil Boyer had an email contact there as well, so for good
> measure I emailed him as well.
>
> This was about 6 a.m. eastern time. By mid-morning I had an email from
> Mr. Boyer saying he was in California (so it must have been 6 a.m. for
> him as well) but would get on to it as soon as he could locate a WSJ.
> Likely he was typing on a Blackberry.
>
> Mid-afternoon I got an email from AOPA in much more general terms,
> thanking me and saying it would be passed on to the public-relations
> staff for action.
>
> A while ago I posted here how impressed I was with AOPA's response to
> a question I had on the changes to recreational pilot rules as a
> result of the Sport Pilot initiative. Well, I'm impressed again--more
> by Phil Boyer than by his staff! I look forward to his letter in a
> forthcoming issue of the Journal :)
>
> all the best -- Dan Ford
> email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)
>
> Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
> Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
> the blog www.danford.net

[Ron Natalie]

Ross Richardson wrote:
> On occassions I have e-mail Mr. Boyer and was impressed how quickly he
> responded and addressed my problems. For a guy who heads the largest
> aviation organization, he is very approachable.

Aboslutely. Even when all hell was breaking lose the weeks after
9/11 I got personal responses out of him and various HQ staffers
I was in contact with. Mr. Boyer clearly sets an example that's
followed through AOPA management.

[Robert M. Gary]

Cub Driver > wrote in message >...
> A while ago I posted here how impressed I was with AOPA's response to
> a question I had on the changes to recreational pilot rules as a
> result of the Sport Pilot initiative. Well, I'm impressed again--more
> by Phil Boyer than by his staff! I look forward to his letter in a
> forthcoming issue of the Journal :)

About a year ago Mr. Boyer came through town. I met him for lunch with
some other local pilots. He picked up the bill. What more can I say?
You can't get much better than that. I will say he looks a bit more
youthful in the pictures. :)

-Robert

[Peter R.]

Robert M. Gary ) wrote:

> About a year ago Mr. Boyer came through town. I met him for lunch with
> some other local pilots. He picked up the bill. What more can I say?

Probably all AOPA members picked up the bill that day, if you know what
I mean. :)

--
Peter

[Blueskies]

"Peter R." > wrote in message ...
> Robert M. Gary ) wrote:
>
>> About a year ago Mr. Boyer came through town. I met him for lunch with
>> some other local pilots. He picked up the bill. What more can I say?
>
> Probably all AOPA members picked up the bill that day, if you know what
> I mean. :)
>
> --
> Peter
>
>

Not probably...