AOPA Pilot Magazine - June 2019 - 100

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175

delegates from
24 countries attended
the 2018 IAOPA World
Assembly.

News & Notes
MEMBERSHIP

2018 BY THE NUMBERS

Working for you

23,805 attendees to AOPA's

Top advocacy efforts continue

Regional Fly-Ins in 4 states
FROM REDUCING THE COST of flight train-

ing to winning the fight against so-called
air traffic control privatization, working
with the FAA to bring back the Automatic
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADSB) Out rebate, and improving access and
transparency for aircraft operators at our
nation's general aviation airports, AOPA is
hard at work on Capitol Hill and around
the country.
* So-called ATC privatization. Industry
organizations were aided in the fight
against detrimental ATC changes by calls,
emails, and messages from more than
200,000 AOPA members.
* FBO transparency. Five major aviation
associations joined AOPA to release the
"Know Before You Go" best business practices enhancing FBO pricing transparency.
* The cost of flight training. New rule
changes to Part 61 will reduce the cost of
flight training and proficiency requirements, saving GA pilots more than $110
million in the next five years.
* ADS-B Out rebate. AOPA worked with

100TH FLYING CLUB RECOGNIZED
Flying season kicked off at the forty-fifth
annual Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In in
April and AOPA was on hand to recognize
the one-hundredth new flying club established with the assistance of the AOPA You
Can Fly Flying Clubs team. Presenting the
Midway Flying Club of Texas with a plaque
was AOPA President Mark Baker and
You Can Fly Flying Clubs Director Steve
Bateman. Club treasurer Bryan Jakubik
accepted the honor for his club. Since
starting the Flying Clubs initiative in 2015,
the You Can Fly team has helped start 112
flying clubs (as of May 1, 2019).
aopa.org/flyingclubs

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the FAA and manufacturers to develop
lower-cost solutions for ADS-B Out equipage by January 2020.
* Cross-border flying. Life got a lot
easier for pilots flying to the Bahamas,
Caribbean, Canada, and Mexico because
of AOPA's efforts to update cross-border
procedures.
* Non-TSO equipment. AOPA worked
with the FAA and manufacturers on a
wide range of certification changes resulting in more affordable products entering
the market.
* Decriminalizing airport violations.
Working in Hawaii, AOPA ensured the
governor's signature of Senate Bill 2619,
which decriminalized violations such as
storing golf carts in airport hangars.
* Class B airspace reclassification.
Thanks to AOPA, the FAA implemented
Class B revocation to allow conversion to
Class C for airspace that no longer meets
the criteria.
aopa.org/pilot/efforts

35 new flying clubs
1,354 pilots returned to
the skies

83 flight schools and 128

instructors recognized in 2018 Flight
Training Experience Awards

80 schools using You Can Fly
ninth-grade curriculum

25 schools testing YCF tenthgrade curriculum

22 $5,000 flight training
scholarships awarded

60,000 calls to the AOPA
Pilot Information Center

5.5 million times the

AOPA Air Safety Institute has been
accessed
http://www.aopa.org/pilot/efforts https://www.aopa.org/community/flying-clubs
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