Unexpected. Hmm, didn’t they get the memo??
AOPA infuriated me with their Fall 2008 issue which compared the 2008 POTUS nominees.
Though the theme of the article was “Who supports general aviation?”, they focused only on very specific niche issues, like user fees, increased regulation, aviation taxes, etc...
They didn’t even pay lipservice to which candidate’s overall domestic policy would best serve the economy and commerce as a whole, which stood to have a far more significant impact on aviation overall.
I attribute AOPA’s a-political opinions to their new president, whose name escapes me. Any article involving politics always paints the democrat politicians in the most favorable light, they are listed first amoung supporters for GA-friendly legislation, even when the vast majority of the legislation’s supporters are republican, who are listed last.
There are also fluff pieces for governors and congressmen who are also pilots, but no mention is made of party affiliation when the dems oppose GA interests.
No nod to Toomey, who basically flies himself from campaign event to campaign event.
AOPA knew Obama would be bad for the economy, and hence aviation in general, but they chose to ingore the fact. As I say, I attribute it to their new president, a dem lacky.