David,
I will say this, I WAS a JPO member when the incident with BV and proposed changes were submitted to the AMA and JPO upper members. At that time as a JPO member I was not told or sent a copy of the letter until I found out about it on RCU and then had to ask for a copy of it. As a member of an organization that is supposed to represent the individuals who pay to be a member I found that to be completely unacceptable. If I give an organization my support (monetarily or physical) that is supposed to be representing my interests I want as much information sent to me as soon as possible so that I can make an informed decision and make that decision heard. That one incident was enough to make me question why I was a member of the JPO and I did not renew my membership the next year. If you have changed that policy then I applaude you for it, but that one major incident really left a bad taste in my mouth and it was enough.

Also, let me say this how hard would it be to throw a simple survey up on a website for all the jetpilots to go to so you could get their opinions. You don't have to take emails from everyone but do a in depth survey of the issues to see what everyone, not just the JPO members, think about these changes. I would be more than happy to help in that aspect and it would not take up alot of space on your or any other webserver and it would give you hard numbers of everyone concerned and not just a select few.

Patrick.