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Old 1st May 2018, 02:12
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It is disappointing that CASA don't seem to have much knowledge on what happens in Class G and keep trying to put forward suggested solutions that we out in G land know will have significant issues.
A few industry groups have come up with suggestions but sadly they have not reached first base within Fort Fumble.
Their latest proposal in fact suggests that it is ok to operate on both the MULTICOM and Area Frequency at low levels in Class G. This suggestion in fact destroys the aim of having a common frequency (the MULTICOM) at low levels in G. How dumb!
What we need now is some support from industry including the RAPACs to come up with something that will work in a practical sense and is easy to understand and put into practice.
There is support for making the recommended upper limit of the MULTICOM at 3000ft agl. This would help ensure that low level ops would know the primary recommended frequency in that airspace. It would cover by default all airfields in G that are not covered by a BA or a CTAF with its own frequency.
Further, by bringing 'circuit area' into the discussion they have created yet another distraction and I suggest that 'in the vicinity' is a better description and better caters for aircraft with different performance and allows pilots to make an appropriate judgement on when to make an inbound call.
We need to wrap this up and by standing up to the dumb ideas so far tabled we are more likely to obtain a workable result suitable to the majority.
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