2011 Convention...Our 15th Anniversary Celebration
We have continued the longstanding, unusual and very positive working relationship with Pilatus and our Advisors. And where are we today? We have become the most credible and visionary Airplane-Specific Ownership Association in the business. By staying close to our members, to Pilatus, and to our sponsors and OEM’s, we have refined our vision and mission and transformed our magazine, website and Convention into a comprehensive forum for continued learning. We continue to try to understand what our members need and find most useful in the areas of Safety, Operating Costs, and Flying Skill development.Aside from all the fun and reconnecting with old friends while making new ones, who share our PC-12 passion. We have the content and level of speakers who understand the sophistication of our audience and our thirst for knowledge.
POPA has been transformed into a safety driven organization. Three years ago, your board changed the convention name from the POPA Annual Convention to the POPA Operations and Safety Convention. At that time, the board also developed a guiding mission statement which says: “The purpose of POPA is to help all PC-12 owners and operators achieve the safest, most reliable, cost-effective and comfortable turboprop operations in the industry”. We have come a long way toward fulfilling our mission by continuing to focus on improving our piloting skills and by making our relationship with PilBAL and Pilatus even more effective.
Your board and advisors plan to keep our members in the aviation knowledge loop through our convention, website, quarterly publications, periodic information blasts and selective training experiences to help drive our safety record to a higher level of perfection.