Vag277,
Re. membership, pre 1998 and ABAA, check your facts.
Yes, I am criticising SAAA, with bleeding good reason, but you see things through a "traditional Australian" lens.
What you and your cohort never answer is the question:
Why should Australian builders not have the same freedoms as their US peers??
At least have a go at answering it!!
Why are you so afraid of answering this question, what is it about freedom that so worries you, frightens you, that you will (and have here) come down on the side of restriction and supervision. And generally this attitude is pretty selective, it only applies to aviation, or do you believe supervision should be applied to any voluntary activities that can be lethal.
What have I done: Played a major role in dumping the SAAA proposal for an "Experimental" category in 1996, and putting in place CASR Part 21, with the US freedoms and more, which the SAAA has tried to undermine for years, by reimposing various "mandatory" processes. And thereby reimpose a rent seeking cash flow.
Tootle pip!!