Deaf
I hope you were not serious!
Povopilot
Which side of the fence do I sit on....? Well its definately GA. I do try my best to be as accurate and professional in my flying activities and if Forkie or Chuck or a couple of others on here who have flown with me wish to say otherwise I am all ears and willing to learn.
I do however have a very strong feeling that my comments posted last night are quite accurate and well founded. Some of the offenders are people I know and I try to encourage to higher standards. Some are from stories told and some observed so really it would not matter which side of the fence I sit. Facts are Facts.
A local area RAA instructor who is a well known croppie also has some similar and harsh views also. And he instructs for RAA and owns a flight school. Another one who like the two at YCAB does not let students loose with the bare mins.
I do have an RAA license for times when I have to fly a RAA registered machine, and I do believe they have a place in the industry, provided certain standards are maintained. I also believe that the R in RAA is meant to be recreational and thus should stay that way and look after its members at the grass roots level. All I see today is RAA folk wanting bigger and faster and CSU and Retract and CTA and as if it is a god given right almost. Why not do the GA thing and do it properly and leave the RAA to do what it does best.
I think a lot of the trouble is some old fella's who grew up on lawn mower powered craft not allowed nor capable of flight above 300' and about 5 miles still in the syetem with a 2 seat Jabby that does 100 knots and ranges up to 1000NM. they have never done radio and Navigation/Cross country endorsements and have not see a rule book in 20 years let alone NAS changes. A current ERSA is one printed in the last 5 years at best and as for charts and planning..............
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And there are worse..... If someone from the RAA would want to pursue this in a constructive and non threatening manner I would gladly meet with them and guide them through the camo that some hide behind.
If the CTA endo gets through, it might be good, guys like the ATPL holders etc will get it automatically I expect, but the others may actually have to do some real current flight training again and not a dodgy BFR. Others I fear will just say .... who will ever know and be exactly like the quoted example above from povopilot. And do not laugh....... it will happen!
J
