Finally joined AOPA

[Wankel7]

I have paid for my membership for...lets see...

I have maxed out my AOPA rebate on my credit card for 3 years. $250X3=$750. That works out to 19 years

Now my friends...the aopa credit card with the 5% rebate IS the best benifit

Wankel

 

[Booker]

Geez, Egg you went deep into the dungens of FI to find this thread huh.

Sorry, that was actually my doing. I was searching to see how many FI members are also AOPA members, found this thread, and voted in the poll to see the results. That bumped the thread.

 

[ePilot22]

Oops

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Originally Posted by ePilot22
Geez, Egg you went deep into the dungens of FI to find this thread huh.


Sorry, that was actually my doing. I was searching to see how many FI members are also AOPA members, found this thread, and voted in the poll to see the results. That bumped the thread.

Well shame on you then!! How do you do such a thing? Haha

No need to apologize! It looks like a great thread and in would be nice to see it added to.

Good work Booker :beer:

Now my friends...the aopa credit card with the 5% rebate IS the best benifit

Couldn't agree more!! I max my 5% limit out to quickly, 10% would really be much better!


eP.

 

[Swamp Fox]

Member since 1966 (except for a few lean years in college and right after). Don't agree with them on everything, but well worth the money.

They are obviously oriented more toward private aviators than professional ones. They made an effort to increase the interest of professional pilots a few years ago when they added the "Turbine Pilot" section to some copies of the AOPA Pilot. (I haven't noticed that banner on the cover for awhile - does anyone know if they have dropped the feature?)

Their website is useful, though I don't visit it often. They are a good resource for many issues, especially on buying/selling aircraft and on medical and legal issues. I have never used their insurance of credit card programs, but I think it is great that they are available to those who want them.

Again, worth the money for most, IMHO.

 

[CaptainPablo]

hmmm

i just signed up for 29.00....hmmmmmm
could they be discounting membership???

 

[SuperFLUF]

............All that legal stuff they offer is already provided for by my union through the dues I pay every month. Plus their main priority is GA not the airlines. My main argument was that I'm not going to support AOPA if they're willing to blow 40+ million on saving Megis when there are more important things out there that matter to me, like that crappy rule the TSA has that can take away my ticket. I will probably never use Megis so the matter if that field stays or goes isn't on the top of my list of priorities...........

Think again about the legal services. I have spoken with a couple of pilots who have used AOPA legal in addition to ALPA legal for FAA battles and both said the AOPA guys ran circles around the ALPA lawyers.

The Meigs battle won't matter to you until the GA airport that you want to fly out of gets closed down for some BS reason. Besides just being wrong, its a precedent that just makes the snowball bigger. Life is just like driving, you've got to look further down the road to avoid suffering the effects of the idots out there...........

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

AOPA is a political organization. They push the issues of their membership. The front section of every magazine talks about what AOPA is doing on CapHill.

They have an PAC and they ask their members to contribute in addition to thier dues.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

(I haven't noticed that banner on the cover for awhile - does anyone know if they have dropped the feature?).

Each member can choose want type of section they want.

 

[Huggyu2]

"Kind of lame for professional pilots"
"Don't need it now that I fly for regionals"
Seems like a lot of pilots give up GA, or "fun" flying, once they become "professionals". Sad.
Also, as a 20+ year "professional pilot", I find I can still learn quite a bit from folks that fly J-3 Cubs for a living.
I remember a Captain at UAL saying that he wouldn't fly GA anymore. "Too dangerous, now that I'm making big money as a Captain".

 

[rfresh]

Personally the favorite of the two AOPA rags is their Flight Training Mag.

Now EAA's Sport Aviation is the one that I eagerly wait for every month.

I'm a member of EAA because I love home builts. I saw a couple of issues of AOPA's Flight Training magazine and I really liked it.

 

[Rocketman53]

I've been an AOPA member, off and on, sense 1976 missing only about five years. The mag has become more of an advertisement of high end aviation than anything else. If I had the money it cost them to mail all the junk they sent me over the years I'd still own an airplane. I guess they are good for GA but I still feel like it's no different than government. I'm just paying the way for the monkey's in the top of the tree.

 

[Anaconda]

Been a member since 89 and finally letting it go after this month. Now that I fly for a living I can't afford to fly GA so there isn't a lot that's relevant to me in the magazine. Have not had to use their services that much. Find the magazine is usually just full of ads for overpriced aviation gear, flight schools, and the same articles rehashed every few months about flying in TSTMS or how to land. Throw in the article on the latest $2.5 million airplane or some guys renovated Baron/Bonanza that's now worth $750,000 and it becomes a quick read.

The best article I've seen lately has been the one by Schiff in the last issue or so about how bad flying in the airlines has become. Kinda surprised that one made it past the editor considering how many flight schools promising airline careers advertise in that mag.

 

[Metro752]

Go save Meigs field ya strokes.

 

[TrafficInSight]

"Kind of lame for professional pilots"
"Don't need it now that I fly for regionals"
Seems like a lot of pilots give up GA, or "fun" flying, once they become "professionals". Sad.
Also, as a 20+ year "professional pilot", I find I can still learn quite a bit from folks that fly J-3 Cubs for a living.
I remember a Captain at UAL saying that he wouldn't fly GA anymore. "Too dangerous, now that I'm making big money as a Captain".

You'll find him on flightinfo telling people to choose another career.

 

[DrProc]

I got rid of them a couple of months ago. Don't really have a need for all the GA services now that I fly for a regional. All that legal stuff they offer is already provided for by my union through the dues I pay every month. Plus their main priority is GA not the airlines. My main argument was that I'm not going to support AOPA if they're willing to blow 40+ million on saving Megis when there are more important things out there that matter to me, like that crappy rule the TSA has that can take away my ticket. I will probably never use Megis so the matter if that field stays or goes isn't on the top of my list of priorities.

That's exactly the problem. You are now a might regional pilot and have forgotten where you came from. A lot of professional pilots have gotten their start in GA. GA is in huge trouble of disappearing, with rising fuel costs, proposed user fees, etc. Some of us still enjoy flying a taildragger off a grass strip. But then again you probably whine about slowing down for a Cessna.