It's nice to know that I am not battling alone and that you guys are also giving CAA some sh?@t
Great thread so far - I suggest we shame the CAA into action by forming a pressure group and using humour to point out the ridiculous illogical contradictions imposed on us - Group to be called - "Vampires" with some witty acronym such as Vampires Against Bull!!!! (VAB) - Can anyone think of a funny acronym ! Anger seems to get anger in response hence the suggestion to try and get a laugh out of CAA.
2Close - Totally agree that we need a practical test for pilots to determine if competent at night and yes you are right you can invest in ATPL, CPL, IR etc but that is a hell of an investment for a license that restricts you to the point that you cannot practice your profession like everyone else (perpetually stuck in training others for something that you yourself cannot ever do?) - Banner towing sounds fun for an hour or 2 but not as a longterm career move.
We could also turn the tables and get some press attention by organising a mass "breaking of the rules" to focus attention on this issue "Vampires for justice?" - What about an organised group mass flight which will land 5 minutes into night dressed as draculas complete with false teet and fake blood !
Benefits of this mass law breaking:
1 - CAA to foot the bill to get us all into court
2 - Publicity and awareness of our issues
3 - We can then challenge CAA by defending ourselves as a group and using our individual circumstances to tie CAA up in illogical prosecutions
4 - Gain support from AOPA and our fellow pilots to stick it to CAA if they decide to proceed (which I very much doubt !)
Not bad I think for a few minutes brainstorm, I for one think it would be a great laugh and would make a valid and humerous point (pleased don't respond with safety concerns or I will just drive a stake in my heart right now and head on back to the coffin)
If anyone has time to organise please PM everyone on this Forum and we can take it from there
Just thought that we should try a softer and more humiliating stunt first and see if that helps our cause without risking our licenses just yet - Suggest we all meet at CAA headquarters at 09:00 am one morning dressed as Dracula's with banners - chanting "Draculas for justice" - obviously beforehand we send press releases to AOPA, PILOT MAGAZINE, FLYER ETC so that we get global coverage and support - we could then make sure that our press release gives a balanced and reasonable case for changing the current regulations.
THIS WILL WORK AND I FOR ONE WILL TURN UP DRESSED APPROPRIATELY IF WE GET AT LEAST 20 OTHERS !!!!!