Comments on: Abu Dhabi – A New Country Joins IAOPA http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106 Online perspective from the office of the President Tue, 28 May 2013 22:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ron Baklarz http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-683 Ron Baklarz Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:41:19 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-683 3/10/12

Hope we are doing more than encouraging Middle East women in aviation-flying,teaching,female role models.

]]> By: Ron Baklarz http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-682 Ron Baklarz Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:38:15 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-682 3/10/12

Hope we will encourage women in Middle East Aviation

]]> By: Craig Fuller http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-681 Craig Fuller Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:44:52 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-681 Robert – Thanks for asking a good question. First, no membership dues monies were used to pay for this trip that involved four of us. Our hosts, the Abu Dhabi organization putting on the three day show, ask us to attend to speak at seminars and to officially recognize the UAE into the International AOPA. The graciously covered our transportation and lodging. You can read about the visit from a local news report: http://bit.ly/yEoNZQ

It is also the case that IAOPA organizations (now 70 of them) provide funding to support this international advocacy group. IAOPA supports the general aviation community before ICAO, the international organization that sets flight rules affecting us.

To be honest, it was an education for me to understand just how far AOPA does reach to make sure that governing bodies, wherever they are located, understand the value of general aviation. In fact, this trip worked out well because I am returning with a stop today and tomorrow in London for a meeting of the European members of the IAOPA.

Thanks for taking the time to raise a good question.

Craig

]]> By: Robert Hochberg http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-680 Robert Hochberg Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:23:19 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=1106#comment-680 How did this trip advance our AOPA interests in the US, which is what AOPA is all about. Did our membership dues pay for the “colleagues” to attend? What was the cost to us?

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