AOPA, What an Organization!

[AH-1 Cobra Pilot]

A few months ago, I took a quiz on the AOPA weekly newsletter.  I found an answer to be in error, so I emailed the correction to them.  They responded via email, thanking me for the correction.  Recently, totally unsolicited, they sent me this coin and hat, with a letter, again thanking me for the correction. 

How honorable!  And what an act for a fine organization!  They will have my support forever!

[Kmac]

Very nice...

Skyvector also sent me a ball cap simply because I uploaded some pictures of some airports.

[steingar]

I dumped them when they did away with the forum I kinda liked.  Very dysfunctional organization.  Then again, most of them are.

[EricJ]

A friend is in the middle of purchasing a C-172 and having a hard time getting through the process.    He tried using AOPA to get insurance.

I bought my airplane from the AOPA Foundation after it had been donated to them by the previous owner.

Both of us had bad experiences with them.   +1 that they're a pretty dysfunctional operation.

But I'm a member, I like their main publication, the safety foundation, and some of their lobbying efforts.  It's too bad that they're not as good as they could be.

 

[201Steve]

For the nay sayers, I’ve had certain segments I’ve not been wild about, but for what they do- it’s about all we’ve got and we owe the nominal fee it costs to protect what we couldn’t live without. Aviation is an easy target, we need all the guns we can put our hands on - even if it ain’t perfect. 
 

 

[N201MKTurbo]

So when Eric bought his plane from AOPA, he wanted a prebuy from DMAX. AOPA hired me to fly it out there. I’m probably the only pilot that got a check from AOPA.

[EricJ]

59 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

So when Eric bought his plane from AOPA, he wanted a prebuy from DMAX. AOPA hired me to fly it out there. I’m probably the only pilot that got a check from AOPA.

Actually it was the AOPA suggested it get flown to DMax to fix the tank after it leaked in my hangar and I told them I didn't want it.   They totally stiffed the local mechanic that fixed the vac pump (which failed again) before you took it to TX.   

[RobertGary1]

I remember back in the day when aopa membership has benefits and they didn’t have to sell you then benefits separate. 
After 15 years I rejoined when our AIP funded airport banned experimental aircraft.  Aopa didn’t really do anything. EAA has helped.