If GA is going gangbusters then why is there no activity at most airfields?
Please direct us to the site(s) where the stats show "most airfields" have no activity.
Within about 100km radius of here - rural area - there are a number of aerodromes, most of which have reasonable levels of traffic particularly on weekends i.e. joy flights, training, transits etc. including gliding. During the week still activity, but reduced. In fact one of the aerodromes is about to undergo works funded by the council to upgrade it.
Talk to any GA pilot/operator and they will tell you what CASA is doing to GA.
Perhaps they might be readers of the Doom & Gloom network, or have spoken to others that are. Some people aren't happy unless they are griping about something.
In 40 years I haven't had any issues with CASA or its predecessors.
SAID HANRAHAN by John O'Brien (1878 - 1952)