Sat, Oct 06, 2007
Volunteers Making A Difference Through Education and Early
Action
AOPA's Airport Support
Network is celebrating its 10th anniversary. With nearly 2000
volunteers in all 50 states, the program's mission is to promote,
protect, and defend America's community airports.
"Saving airports is consistently at the top of members' priority
lists," said Andy Cebula, executive vice president of government
affairs. "We see their passion in the numbers who volunteer their
time and energy to protect their local airports, and we encourage
all members to get involved."
The ASN program was formed in direct response to feedback from
AOPA members, who recognized that protecting community airports was
critical to securing general aviation's future.
Today, volunteers act as AOPA's local eyes and ears. They are
the Association's first reporters and first responders to potential
threats against their airports. The volunteers communicate
regularly with AOPA headquarters, working with them to eliminate or
mitigate threats to local airports.
History proves that being involved and taking action early are
effective ways to protect airports. In 1995, airports were closing
at an average rate of two per month. In all of 2006, the total
number lost was 21 public-use airports.
In honor of ASN's 10th anniversary, the Friday morning general session at AOPA
Expo was devoted to protecting America's general
aviation airports. Challenges and common problems of general
aviation airports were discussed, as well as how local pilots can
work with AOPA to secure the future of their airports.
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