The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) has launched a new industry-wide initiative, the Safety Alliance, which brings general aviation safety education resources together in one location online and makes it easier for pilots to find a variety of content all in one place.
Organized by topic on ASI’s Safety Spotlight web pages, and also on the Safety Alliance web page, the content is free to all pilots and for the first time, allows them to find the information they want, without having to search multiple websites, officials note. Topics cover the spectrum of safety-related materials.
“ASI is proud to provide a common platform for anyone who is passionate about aviation safety education. Further improvements to GA safety requires a team effort and isn’t something we can do alone,” said AOPA Senior Vice President Aviation Strategy & Programs Katie Pribyl. “We know that many other organizations provide high-quality safety-focused content and we want to make it easy for pilots to find that information.”
The launch of the Safety Alliance is the result of a collaboration between ASI and several general aviation companies and organizations, including: ASA, Jason Blair, Flight Chops, Garmin, Hartzell Propeller, Leidos, Rod Machado, MzeroA, PilotWorkshops.com, Sportys, TBM, and The Finer Points.
New programs will be added regularly, so pilots are encouraged to visit often for the latest in general aviation safety education, AOPA officials add.
“The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) has launched a new industry-wide initiative, the Safety Alliance, which brings general aviation safety education resources together in one location online and makes it easier for pilots to find a variety of content all in one place”
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“the result of a collaboration between ASI and several general aviation companies and organizations, including: ASA, Jason Blair, Flight Chops, Garmin, Hartzell Propeller, Leidos, Rod Machado, MzeroA, PilotWorkshops.com, Sportys, TBM, and The Finer Points.”
Once again, the “Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association” takes more money from the industry it SHOULD be watchdogging on behalf of its namesake members: “Aircraft Owners and Pilots.”
But — between corporate funding of programs, and industry advertising in its magazine — AOPA now collects the vast MAJORITY of its money from COMMERCIAL industry players, instead of from “Aircraft Owners & Pilots.”
So is it any wonder that AOPA has been functioning chiefly as a lobbying organization for the aircraft manufacturers and other commercial enterprises — instead of protecting aviation CONSUMERS — “”Aircraft Owners & Pilots” — from an aviation industry full of ruthless manipulations, reckless operations and deadly consequences, still leaving U.S. general aviation with the highest fatality rate, per mile traveled, of any major form of transportation in the U.S., and a cost structure so high that only the 1% can truly afford it any more?
AOPA, rename yourself honestly: American Organization for Prostitution of Aviation.