NAS on the skids?

[ferris]

Bindick_116.8

Well, well, well, didn't take long for that tried and true tactic of yours- SHOOT THE MESSENGER- to surface, did it? It must really gall you that the internet allows an infomation flow that can't be stifled by power and influence. Really, really sticks in the craw, doesn't it? Do you ever feel embarrassed when you re-read your posts? You've tried, spin, misinformation etc to try and change the system, and now that the wheels are falling off (which as an aside, if you had listened to the professional pilots and others would never have got this far with this farce) you're lashing out. Shame that the letter comes from AIPA and AFAP as well. Sort makes you look, well, petulent and silly. BTW......

“...so few dissenting [ie pro NAS] opinions”?

There are lots of dissenting (not just ATC) opinions.

But the majority of them are held by people who have much better things to do with their time than spend it posting here.

Here, yet again, we have an anti-NAS thread populated predominantly by contributions from wealthy gents with country estates.

Whilst everyone is entitled to express their opinion, it concerns me that this is the professional pilots rumour network, and a casual reader might mistakenly get the impression that the plethora of pro-NAS posts from yourself are actually the pro-NAS opinions of PROFESSIONAL pilots.

From my own perspective, I’d be interested to know what other pilots think about NAS. Not so much the “back in the good old days” style of post that reminisces about how good things were in the USA, nor the “tin plating” style of contribution that advocates a safe airspace system without any regard for how little it really costs, rather, I’m more interested to learn what perceived shortcomings (other than the many already pointed out) other pilots see in NAS in regard to specific operational rules and procedures.

I have to admit to being somewhat less interested in the all-too predictable contributions from members of self promoting special interest groups like wealthy gents with country estates.

My particular concern is that what’s in the best interests of wealthy gents with country estates is not always precisely the same as (and in many cases is diametrically opposed to) what’s in the best interests of PROFESSIONAL pilots.

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I’d like to be able to easily “sort out the wheat from the chaff”.

I’d like to see some way of quickly and clearly identifying which opinions come from wealthy gents with country estates and which opinions come from PROFESSIONAL pilots.

As a suggestion, Woomera, would you consider creating a D & G Wealthy Gents with Country Estates forum where interested persons can go and flagellate themselves until their heart’s content and co-ordinate their self-interested lobbying, but from where they are less likely to distract PROFESSIONAL pilots wanting to discuss topical issues with other PROFESSIONAL pilots, and from where they are less likely to distract the casual reader into a mistaken belief that their consistently pro-NAS posts express the opinions of PROFESSIONAL pilots.

And Bindick, just for the record, I am a private pilot, too.