Dick, I agree with your third point. The US CFI system would be a benefit for Grade 1 qualified instructors.
My personal hate is the blunderbus approach for issue of ASIC. Surely there has to be something that could reduce the footprint of sterile areas to only those areas used by RPT. BDV with the same security req as BN is a joke. Surely a trigger would be a Dash8 service as a minimum and only then for an hour either side of ops and only within a confined area in front of that terminal.
Tell the Government to control its tenants wrt leases of GA airports.
Tell real estate hungry councils and developers that an aerodrome is for the exclusive use of aeroplanes and ancillary services. Aeroplanes will make noise around these aerodromes that non-aviation savy people will find offensive. Footprint maps must be included in all transactions over the sale of properties within an exposure area of these aerodromes to ensure that NIMBY groups (normally consisting of one owner making a lot of noise) are fully aware of what they are living next to.
Tell state governments to change their laws that allow mates to charge for the use of airspace above their airports. Unless an aid is bought and payed for by the owner of said airport, they should not have rights to charge for commonwealth owned and operated property.
Tell the Government to seriously look at the feasability of providing a WAAS capable signal from the Japanese MSAT to be beamed over the entire continent and surrounding oceans within the economic zone. This will be of more benefit to the wider community than just aviation. Travel/Tourism, transport, survey industry, shipping, customs, recreational sports,...a lot more people than you would expect. For us it gives a better outcome for regional and remote aerodromes to have a safe and viable option for vertical guided approaches that will not be available from ground based augmentation systems that are currently being promoted.
No one is asking for a subsidy. Aviation is an important piece of infrastructure that just simply falls off the radar when it gets outside the J curve from CNS to AD with a bit out in PH. A community aerodrome is just as important as a bitumen road. The only time it gets noticed is when someone has to move in a hurry, or medical emergencies and natural disasters.