Aopa free socks?

[RobertGary1]

I haven’t renewed in many years  I guess they figure I can’t turn down socks  

[Bob_Belville]

I recently received a 50 year AOPA membership lapel pin from them... but no socks!  Don't ya just hate it when the newbies are treated better than the faithful.

[Tony Starke]

I haven't been a member since they featured Bruce Jenner on the cover. I've been offered a ball cap to renew. I guess I'll wait for the cuff links.

[Skates97]

A couple years ago I traded the AOPA membership for an EAA membership. Really enjoy the EAA magazine each month.

[donkaye]

1 hour ago, Skates97 said:

A couple years ago I traded the AOPA membership for an EAA membership. Really enjoy the EAA magazine each month.

Why not both?  

[Hank]

32 minutes ago, donkaye said:

Why not both?  

That's what I do. After moremthan a dozen years, I'm thinking about changing from Flight Training to Pilot.

[laytonl]

Both the hat and socks are ugly.  Lee

[carusoam]

Lee, your jealousy is showing!  

 

When signing up for AOPA, I checked the turbine box... for the free extra pages of turbine section...

No fancy socks came with that though...

What triggers the free gift?

Best regards,

-a-

[Pasturepilot]

10 hours ago, carusoam said:

When signing up for AOPA, I checked the turbine box... for the free extra pages of turbine section...

I filled out some survey and apparently an ATP and a type rating or two automatically triggers the turbine edition. 

After a few phone calls that did nothing, an intervention by one of the AOPA Pilot editors got me back into the regular issue. 

I wanted the eye candy on the cover to be things I really wanted to fly for fun. 

Edited November 27, 2019 by Pasturepilot

[RobertGary1]

10 hours ago, carusoam said:

Lee, your jealousy is showing!  

What triggers the free gift?

Best regards,

-a-

They’ve been slowly upping the gifts since I’ve not been renewing.  I just don’t feel like I get the value out of it anymore. I can fly any of a number of planes when I want so I no longer sit around and fantasize about flying. If I’m going to read it’s going to be a good book not a magazine  i also got turned off when they started nickel and diming each service (legal, medical, etc).  

Btw if you’re looking for a good pilot book you have to read Fate is the Hunter. 

-Robert 

[RobertGary1]

10 hours ago, laytonl said:

Both the hat and socks are ugly.  Lee

I think ugly socks are a thing now with millennials. They even have sock subscription services where you get a different type of sock each week in the mail.  

-Robert  

[N201MKTurbo]

I ferried Eric J's Mooney when it belonged to AOPA. I actually got a big check from AOPA! Who else ever got money from them?

[steingar]

I was an AOPA member for quite a few years. But I’ve started to think about what these associations do for me beyond cash my check. For AOPA I can’t come up with so much.

Edited November 28, 2019 by steingar

[Andy95W]

12 hours ago, donkaye said:

Why not both?  

I’ve been an AOPA member for 28 years, and an EAA member for 13. If I had to give up one, I would drop AOPA in a heartbeat, but I’ll stay an EAA member for the rest of my life. 

Even though I fly professionally, EAA seems to represent me and my interests more than AOPA does. AOPA is trying to be diversified to fit everyone under its tent. EAA continues to be grass-roots GA. 

The only reason I continue with my AOPA membership is because I’m the Airport Support Network volunteer for my airport. 

[Skates97]

12 hours ago, donkaye said:

Why not both?  

 

9 minutes ago, Andy95W said:

I’ve been an AOPA member for 28 years, and an EAA member for 13. If I had to give up one, I would drop AOPA in a heartbeat, but I’ll stay an EAA member for the rest of my life. 

Even though I fly professionally, EAA seems to represent me and my interests more than AOPA does. AOPA is trying to be diversified to fit everyone under its tent. EAA continues to be grass-roots GA. 

The only reason I continue with my AOPA membership is because I’m the Airport Support Network volunteer for my airport. 

Pretty much sums up why I dropped AOPA and switched over to EAA. And why not both? I'd get kicked out of the CB club for sure!