Originally Posted by
machtuk
It matters none who is in power, GA in Australia is of little importance in the big picture. The Gen public are clueless as to what's going on at the GA level most wouldn't even know what 'GA' even means ! Mr & Mrs Joe pubic only fly on the Airliners & think that anyone who owns a light A/C are rich, we have not got a chance & couple that with CASA's inability to actually be of any use to the GA sector by making everything about flying complex & expensive expect many more long years of declining activity at the GA level! DS means well but it's too little too late:-(
Maybe spell it out for them: the death of GA means no opportunity for young pilots to train or progress; in turn this means there is no one to flt those aircraft; which means services are cut and the cheap flights to Bali and Phuket will be no more.