tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041272795548534045.post1002353322504944515..comments2023-08-26T03:15:36.194-05:00Comments on Letters from Flyover Country: Running AOPA is a pretty good gigBob Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422722044859589459noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041272795548534045.post-76356077406530883792010-11-10T09:43:07.165-06:002010-11-10T09:43:07.165-06:00Fuller sent a response to the AvWeb article today....Fuller sent a response to the AvWeb article today...<br /><br />http://www.aopa.org/membership/articles/2010/101110avweb_rebuttal.html<br /><br />Also, the $1.8m to Boyer was deferred compensation, not a yearly salary. No other details were given on that figure, but that's what it was.<br /><br />Interesting story...I haven't decided if I will renew for 2011 yet. Wouldn't be the first time I didn't renew!wvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041272795548534045.post-35563534389624550292010-11-09T07:53:04.071-06:002010-11-09T07:53:04.071-06:00Fuller seems like a good guy and certainly has don...Fuller seems like a good guy and certainly has done well for himself over the years. But you missed the biggest perk of the AOPA leadership job -- unlimited access to the left seat of the organization's CJ3 (N4GA). Plus (I assume) the annual training at FlightSafety that enables one to fly it safely and be insured.Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832058279135753824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041272795548534045.post-44464892007177467812010-11-09T03:38:45.373-06:002010-11-09T03:38:45.373-06:00In an effort to save money in 2011, I let my AOPA ...In an effort to save money in 2011, I let my AOPA membership lapse this year. AOPA has hounded me through e-mail and snail mail more than any other single telemarketer has in the last several years. Even when I was a member, I got more mailings wanting me to join and pay for other services. Enough was enough. Just in mailings alone, they had to be eating heavily into my $35 membership fee...<br /><br />Contrasted with EAA, they sent me one notice to renew and that was it. They get my membership money and don't generally hound me for more money throughout the year (except during Airventure... That always seems to separate me from more money). Anyway, EAA got my renewal for 2011.<br /><br />Maybe if my salary was $1.8 million, I would have felt more charitable this year. As it stands, this will be the second year I have not received a pay raise in order to support my company's economic situation (non profit company). I have friends with MBA's working for minimum wage in order to support their company's economic situation.Toddnoreply@blogger.com