Fri, Mar 04, 2011
Nation's Two Largest GA Organizations Explore More
Collaboration "For The Good Of GA"
EAA President and CEO Rod Hightower and members of his
leadership team spent two days this week at AOPA's Frederick, MD,
headquarters meeting with President and CEO Craig L. Fuller and his
leadership team. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ways the
two organizations can work collaboratively to promote GA, and
protect our freedom to fly. It was Hightower's first visit to
Frederick.
During the two days of meetings, the leadership teams shared
broad overviews of what each association and their members are
doing to support GA and talked about how the two groups might
collaborate to enhance those efforts.
"Here at AOPA, our theme for 2011 is 'Rally GA,' so it's
important that we look for ways the two largest general aviation
organizations can work together on behalf of GA," said
Fuller. "We've spent the last two days looking at our individual
programs and initiatives to see where they align and how we can
make them work better for our members and all pilots."
Hightower concurred, adding, "EAA's grassroots chapter system
gives us great access at the community level, and AOPA's members
have shown their willingness time and again to stand up and support
GA. Our two organizations work diligently to defend our members'
interests, but is there any better 'sales pitch' for GA than a
pilot sharing his love of flight?"
This week's meeting is part of the two associations' ongoing
collaboration to support a combined membership of more than half a
million, and promote and protect general aviation.
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