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MEMBERSHIP

BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER

ADDRESS CHANGE?

Send your new address and AOPA
membership number to AOPA:
aopa.org/apps/myaopamembership
421 Aviation Way
Frederick, Maryland 21701-4798
TOLL-FREE PILOT
INFORMATION CENTER

800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)
pilotassist@aopa.org
AOPA AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE

800-638-3101
airsafetyinstitute.org

AOPA AIRCRAFT FINANCING

800-627-5263
aopafinance.com

AOPA PERSONAL INSURANCE

800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)
aopa.org/membership/personal
AOPA CREDIT CARD PROGRAM

Top off your airplane and wallet
with the best card for pilots.
877-787-3171
aopa.org/creditcard
AOPA FOUNDATION

800-955-9115
aopafoundation.org
AOPA PILOT PROTECTION SERVICES

800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)
aopa.org/pps
AOPA TRAVEL DISCOUNTS

aopa.org/cars
aopa.org/hotels

AOPA PILOT INFORMATION
CENTER HOURS

Do you have questions or need
information about an aviation topic?
Access the team of aviation experts in
our Pilot Information Center during our
convenient weekday hours. Call
800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. until
6 p.m. Eastern time, with your
questions and our staff will be
happy to assist you.

Visit the website (aopa.org/
membership) to learn more about the
benefits of AOPA membership.

WORKING FOR PILOTS

AOPA'S BIG WINS IN 2019-AND MORE TO COME IN 2020
FROM STATE LEGISLATURES AND AIRPORT BOARD MEETINGS TO CAPITOL HILL AND THE

FAA, AOPA works at the local and national level, protecting general aviation for more
than 80 years. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution for AOPA's eightieth anniversary in
May 2019, recognizing the association's leadership in advocating for general aviation.
AOPA's advocacy arm continued working hard during the anniversary year. Here are
the top advocacy wins of 2019:
Mexico travel. AOPA led efforts urging Mexico's Directorate General of Civil
Aeronautics to officially recognize and accept pilots flying with BasicMed to travel to
and from Mexico. Pilots were permitted to begin flying between the United States and
Mexico under the authorization starting December 10.
TFR impact. In February 2019, President Trump signed a bill securing $3.5 million
in reimbursement funding for three non-gateway airports-New Jersey's Solberg and
Somerset airports, and Florida's Palm Beach County Park Airport, also known as Lantana-and businesses closed by temporary flight restrictions associated with his VIP
travel. AOPA is the leading advocate in Washington, D.C., working to find a solution for
presidential TFR impacts on airports.
New certification standards. The FAA published revised standards for airline
transport pilot certification and type rating issuance that more closely align with the
knowledge pilots must have to fly safely. AOPA chaired the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee's Airman Certification System Working Group that worked with the FAA to
develop new holistic and integrated certification standards that ensure pilots are trained
and tested on all the elements needed to operate safely in the national airspace system.
Border crossing. AOPA collaborated with U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) on CBP's Mobile Primary program and testing of the
eAPIS Mobile Quickclear app to expedite the crossWashington, D.C.-based
border experience. The association's ongoing efforts
publication The Hill
include working toward more innovation and risk-based
released its annual list of
solutions for GA.
top lobbyists. AOPA was
AIP and workforce funds. A government funding
named to the list for the
package signed by Trump in December 2019 included $3.35
sixth year in a row, which
billion for the Airport Improvement Program and $10 million
"highlights the broad
for workforce grant programs, a huge win for AOPA and the
range of talents needed to
aviation industry, particularly as the industry works to introsucceed in the influence
duce high school students to aviation through STEM-based
industry." AOPA is among
aviation curriculum, grow the pilot population, and address
the nation's top compaaviation maintenance technician shortages.
nies, labor unions, and
aopa.org/advocacy

associations.

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