P&P Dec 2012.pdf - Plane & Pilot News

It’s easy to get caught up
in the day-to-day, or even
moment-to-moment, issues
that dominate our waking lives.
But there’s something to be
said for taking the long view,
too.
Every day, the staff of AOPA
is doing literally hundreds of
different things. Our advocacy
team can be working dozens
of issues at a time, attending
meetings with the FAA
and other agencies, talking
to members of Congress on
Capitol Hill, and spending time
in state legislative offices. Our
Pilot Information Center team
is answering member questions
about everything from
choosing a flight school to
buying an airplane. Members
of our publications team are
working on two magazines,
multiple electronic newsletters,
and numerous websites.
And at any given moment,
people in every AOPA department
are looking for ways to
serve you better whether that
means developing new tools
like the FlyQ app, producing
new interactive courses from
the Air Safety Institute, or help-
Taking the long view
ing you find the right kind of
insurance for the way you fly.
In short, our offices are
always a hive of activity. It can
be a little overwhelming.
If you stop anyone in the
hallway and ask what they’re
working on, you’ll get a
thoughtful, and probably
highly technical, answer—and
each person’s answer will be
different. But stop those same
people and ask them why
they’re working on that project
or issue and you’ll get the
same answer every time. They
do what they do to protect our
freedom to fly. Your passion is
their passion too.
That’s the long view and it
underlies the work done by
every member of the AOPA
staff each and every day. We
protect the freedom to fly not
only by advocating for GA interests
with government decision
makers. We do it by helping
our members stay informed,
fly more often, resolve medical
issues, choose the perfect
airplane, get the right legal
coverage, and find the right
flight instructor.
There are thousands of ways
we work for our members and
for the GA community as a
whole. Anything we can do to
help strengthen general aviation
is a step in the right direction
and ultimately contributes
to keeping all of us in the air.
We’ve got our work cut
out for us. We can expect a
renewed push for user fees
as the economy continues to
struggle. We are still headed
for a fiscal cliff that could
spell big cuts for the FAA and
NextGen. And we’ve got a long
way to go to reverse the steady
decline in the pilot population,
to name just a few of the challenges
ahead.
But, with your help, we’re
ready to tackle those issues
and any others that come
our way. We never forget that
everything we do is possible
because of members like you.
Thank you for being part of
AOPA and for doing your part
to protect our freedom to fly.
PLANE & PILOT NEWS December 2012 Page 5
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Tower: “Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff,
contact Departure on frequency 124.7”
Eastern 702: “Tower, Eastern 702 switching to
Departure. By the way, after we lifted off
we saw some kind of dead animal
on the far end of the runway.”
Tower: “Continental 635, cleared for takeoff
behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency
124.7. Did you copy that report
from Eastern 702?”
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takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern...
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