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Old 7th January 2000 | 12:50
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Wee Weasley Welshman
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What are the proposed restrictions? Can they go wherever they like? Would they need an FI to sign them out for flight?

I may well get flamed for this but I think the microlight/ultralight training standards are rubbish.

I often encounter these aircraft, for that s what they are, joining my airfield in totally non-standard ways, with totally non-standard R/t, a poor lookout etc etc. You meet them in RAF AIAA talking to absolutely no-one on the radio, not obeying the quadrantal rules and often in formation. When on the ground they seem to have a gung-ho attitude to weather "we can just put down in a field if it closes in" and flight planning "do ya know what the wind is mate cause I'm a bit low on petrol". There seems to be a lot of them that have had broken legs and written off aircraft as well when you get talking to them.

Hardly a good model for GA.

Quick - get the bunker keys and the asbestos trousers!

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