There has been considerable critiscm of the BAPC on this forum.
And you are usually there to defend them, Roger! :p
The BAPC understandably takes some flak, although from friends within the BAPC I hear that things are changing, albeit far too slowly.
The BAPC to many (me included) is considered a waste if for no other reason than they don’t exactly do a particularly good job in their publicity department. I don’t think their web site has changed since I first saw it a few years back. Old news is often worse than no news. These days the web is a crucial point of contact for an organisation such as this and they need to be using it to tell us what they are doing.
And still no way for individuals to sign up other than by invitation? The BAPC are losing a lot (imho) by not embracing the many many people out there who are full of passion and enthusiasm for our aviation heritage. We need an organisation such as the BAPC to co-ordinate and act as a voice but it needs to act for all of us.
Personally, I think the Key Publishing forum is a fine example of how individuals can make a difference (most recently with Mr Rusty, the Shack) and the BAPC could, no SHOULD, learn from this.
I will however, mention the current workshops the BAPC are running. I understand ‘from within’ that these are extremely useful and I applaud that.
Roy.
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