[JYO] Pilots deluge Congress

— Pilots are giving Congress an earful about freeing 
the GA 41,000. This morning, AOPA members found a special ePilot Special 
Legislative Alert in their in-boxes, urging them to call their senators and 
congressmen. By 12 p.m. ET, more than 7,000 pilots had "clicked through" to 
find the telephone numbers for their representatives. And the phones are 
ringing off the hooks on Capitol Hill. "What the heck have you guys done?" 
said one beleaguered congressional staffer to an AOPA legislative affairs 
staff member. An AOPA member reported that he called his senator first thing 
this morning and was told he was the 30th call already.

And this will make a difference. One AOPA member e-mailed Phil Boyer saying, 
"I am but a private pilot, and my voice is probably not very loud." To which 
Boyer replied, "But that's what AOPA is all about. Individually, none of us 
— collectively, we become many voices, with the 
ability to bring about needed change."

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