On 27-Oct-05 13:24, Robert M. Gary wrote:
1) AOPA's job never has been to show up at every community meeting in
which an airport is threatened. When I had dinner with Phil Boyer a few
years ago we talked about this. They simply don't have the staff to do
that. What they do do is provide material and legal assistance to the
ASN volunteer.
2) A "stern letter" is actually a very impactful thing. Communities
read them. Its better than psycho people showing up at the meeting,
yelling, and complaining. I would suggest reading the book "How to win
friends and influence people" for more information on this technique.

If you still think AOPA is useless, go through the yellow pages and
call an attorney and ask them to draft the same type of impactful
"stern letter" and report back to us what it cost you.

-Robert


I think that this reaction base on frustration upon discovering
jut how powerless AOPA is in fact regarding such situations.
This is rather the fault of the current legal system, and not
so of the AOPA. The story of Oceanside is notorious meanwhile
here in CA. So is the development on the SJC and the eviction
of virtually entire GA from this airport.

Thomas.