Originally Posted by
thunderbird five
Here's something to ponder:
Let's say a trainee pilot happens to have an ARN and a CASA Basic class 2 medical.
Let's say they have two identical LSA aircraft there, one RAAus, one VH.
Let's say the trainee's instructor is dual rated RAAus/GA
Let's say the training records are identical for RAAus or VH for that school.
Given that there is no such thing as a student licence any more, what would be stopping an RAAus trainee doing the odd flight - even solo - in a VH aircraft if all those ducks lined up nicely?
I was aware of that when I posted and deliberately put an “Raaus only” pilot, so I shouldn’t have said “no“ sorry.
Dual training schools generally get their students to get a medical straight up so they know if they are going to be able to get the class 1 or 2 in the future, rather than waste money on training they can’t use. Add that to the ARN which they will later need and an asic card etc, then as you say you are a dual org capable pilot as long as you’re a financial member of Raaus. Therefore a student pilot can fly either aircraft.