Can I join your flying club? Please? LOLOriginally Posted by Chad Jensen
The chapter I was "part of" 20 years ago has about the same median age (mid to late 40s). The chapter's gotten bigger but a lot of the same ol' guys are still around so the average age is kind of skewed a bit.Originally Posted by Jim
The chapter I'm sort of involved with now has about the same median age as the group I hung around with as a kid. I'm 31 and most of the guys are in their late thirties to fifties with a smattering of older folks (one of whom refers to that little subgroup as the "Ragtag Ragwing Rascals" because they are the "classic airplane part" of the group). I haven't seen any kids around that weren't with a member parent.
Technically, wouldn't that most directly be a problem at the chapter level and not necessarily directly the fault of the national organization?We missed a whole generation in chapter recruitment.
You want to know why the EAA will never be another AOPA? Because our leader has more passion and exuberance than anyone I know in the upper echelon of AOPA. Don't get me wrong, I like and respect the guys at AOPA but they are a lot "drier" than Rod. He comes across as an oversized aviation addicted kid who never grew out of it. Chad, you can tell him I said that too.Rod on the other hand is a much larger man in size and energy. He is outwardly passionate and “walks the talk”. EAA needs a charismatic leader for the next crucial 20 years. Exactly (IMHO) what aviation needs.