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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"I've spent a great deal of time over the last week reading letters, talking with NAFI members, and Board members and can assure you that the credibility of the ENTIRE NAFI Board is in question. Whether it's reality or perception, the fact is that a strong negative feeling exists, and the Board must address it with actions that will serve NAFI, both short and long term. Action must turn a negative into a positive."

Source: EAA President Tom Poberezny, weighing in on the apparent crisis inside the National Association of Flight Instructors in a memo to NAFI board members. The trouble began two weeks ago when NAFI members learned two of the "most productive, well-liked, pro-instructor, and long-standing members of the Board" -- JoAnn and Sandy Hill -- would not be re-elected to their positions, and would be relieved of their day-to-day administration of the NAFI Master Instructor Program. A vote on that plan was deferred at last Friday's meeting.

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