Midway

[wrxpilot]

"This is another reason pilots and others involved in aviation need to join AOPA."


They saved Meigs right? I'll keep my fifty bucks....

:angryfire Cheap shot man. They tried and were defeated when a crooked politician illegally bulldozed the rwy in the middle of the night. What was AOPA supposed to do? Launch bottle rockets at the construction workers as they walked towards their equipment?

The funny thing about people like you is that you are too ignorant to realize they have saved many, many airports from being shutdown. You just don't hear about it because you are apparently too lazy to stay in the loop.

 

[LearAv8r]

You don't hear about all the other ones that were saved, so that is a cheap shot.


Call it what you want. Whatever......

What other airports were saved? I'd like to know.

At least for 39.00 you get a nice little sticker you can put on the back of your car to let everyone know your a pilot...or owner or whatever.

I'd still rather give my money to a better cause. Ronald McDonald house for starters.

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[LearAv8r]

The funny thing about people like you is that you are too ignorant to realize they have saved many, many airports from being shutdown. You just don't hear about it because you are apparently too lazy to stay in the loop



No, I just don't care about little crappy airports that need to be saved. You can still give your cash to AOPA and think that you are doing something great for the cause but I think that there are better causes out there.

Far from lazy, you don't even know me so I guess that is a cheap shot from you.

Back to your desk buddy.

 

[wrxpilot]

No, I just don't care about little crappy airports that need to be saved. You can still give your cash to AOPA and think that you are doing something great for the cause but I think that there are better causes out there.

So I'm assuming you didn't learn to fly at a so called "little crappy airport"? How do guys like you become so bitter? I agree, there are lots of great causes out there - I donate to several of them on an annual basis. Fortunately $39 doesn't push me over the edge of bankruptcy, so I can afford to make that contribution for the generation of pilots after me.


Yep, back to my desk... Like that's a slam on me or something. The guys like me at the "desk" in the aerospace industry are why YOU are flying.

 

[inline]

"This is another reason pilots and others involved in aviation need to join AOPA."


They saved Meigs right? I'll keep my fifty bucks....

Mayor Daley destroyed Meigs after he lied to Phil Boyer of AOPA that he would keep it open. AOPA has generally been an important advocate for ALL pilots. A few years back the FAA wanted to impose draconian medical requirments and AOPA said like hell you will! And the FAA backed down. That alone is worth the cost of membership if you make your living flying.

 

[Annie]

Midway airport, the use of, the location, the original intention, etc. provide us with a perfect example of why--good politics does not make good design. Public use facilities need to be designed for the benefit of the client (the public) in the process of determining that design the question must be asked where and who shall be impacted. That does not happen with politickin.

 

[hindsight2020]

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[LearAv8r]

So I'm assuming you didn't learn to fly at a so called "little crappy airport"? How do guys like you become so bitter?

read my info on the profile, all civilian buddy. Flew at many little "crappy" airports. AOPA is a business, just like the American Red Cross. Just because they say that they are going to save airports or whatever their objectives state. They backed off on Meigs. The city took all the federal funding and wasted it. The cities fine by the government was a joke.


BTW, I am not bitter, not even close.

I just don't need an AOPA sticker to put on my car.

You can support any group, party, club you want. It is all about choices, I choose not to (AOPA).

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