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ADVANCED PILOT ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
FINALLY!
A CARD
FOR PILOTS.
HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS
THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN BEING LATE FOR DINNER
BY DAVID JACK KENNY
2%
Cash Back1
on
purchases at FBOs
& Flight Schools2-3
on purchases of
and
Aviation & Auto Fuel2-3
A CASH BACK1
REDEMPTION IS APPLIED AS A STATEMENT CREDIT.
QUARTERLY BONUS POINT CAP OF 2,500 POINTS
Visit
AOPA.org/creditcard
to learn more.
*Certain points and purchases restrictions apply, see full Rewards
Terms and Conditions for full details at AOPA.org/creditcard.
1. Rewards points can be redeemed for Cash Back or other items provided
through AOPA Pilot Rewards. A Cash Back redemption is applied
as a statement credit. The statement credit will reduce your balance
but you are still required to make at least your minimum payment. A
minimum of 2,500 points is needed to redeem for Cash Back. Values
for non-cash back redemption items such as merchandise, gift cards,
and travel may vary. 2. Please note that merchants self-select the category
in which transactions will be listed and some merchants may be
owned by other companies, therefore transactions may not be counted
in the category you might expect. Purchases made using Near Field
Communication (NFC), virtual wallets, or similar technology may not
be eligible for bonus points. 3.You will earn 4% Cash Back (1 regular
point + 3 bonus points = 4%) for every $1 of Net Merchandise Purchases
on select AOPA purchases, 3% Cash Back (1 regular point + 2 bonus
points = 3%) for every $1 of Net Merchandise Purchases made at select
AOPA partners, 2% Cash Back (1 regular point + 1 bonus points = 2%)
for every $1 of Net Merchandise Purchases made at FBOs (fixed based
operators), aviation and auto fuel, and flight schools, and 1% Cash
Back (or 1 point) for every $1 of other Net Merchandise Purchases. For
example, if you spend $100, you will earn 100 points which is equal to
$1 in Cash Back rewards. A maximum of 2,500 bonus points will be
awarded per calendar quarter, per rewards account. Please allow up
to five business days after the transaction posts to your account for
bonus points to be awarded.
GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS CAN BE
forgiven for taking a jaundiced view of
airline travel. Having the experience of
choosing when to leave, then walking
directly to a waiting aircraft makes the
inconvenient schedules and hurry-upand-wait
process of bag checking and
security screening even more annoying.
The indignity of being shuttled through
a hub-and-spoke system designed for
freight makes preflight planning a labor
of love by comparison and elevates the
joys of aviating, navigating, and communicating
to ecstasy. And the past
two years have done nothing to make
commercial travel more attractive. The
ongoing spread of infection heightens
the stress of mingling with crowds,
even among the vaccinated. Regardless
of how they feel about mask mandates,
most people don't like wearing them,
and reports of appalling behavior-even
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physical assault-by unruly passengers
intensify any misgivings about associating
with strangers.
For owners in particular, holiday
travel to visit friends or family seems
like the perfect use for personal aircraft-at
least within the appropriate
range. (Spending three days flying a
Cessna 182 from Connecticut to California
is a specialized taste.) The day
before Thanksgiving is consistently the
year's busiest on the airlines, amplifying
the ripple effects of delays and cancellations.
Setting your own timetable and
arriving closer to your destination while
avoiding the crowds has unquestionable
appeal-provided everyone can maintain
the requisite flexibility.
Passengers who must know six
months in advance that they'll leave
Wednesday morning and arrive by 3
p.m. aren't likely to be comfortable with
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