I always thought GASIL (and to some extent, the CAA Safety Evenings) were a bit like being talked down to by a Strict Headmaster:
"We notice, we understand bla bla bla........"
But as someone has already said, its the small percentage (say 5%) who **** it all up for the 95% of us who
can be bothered and are professional enough to remain outside CAS, not infringe the Reds, not to fly into a mountain, fly into bad weather and crash etc etc. If the 5% of pilots who fly around and can't act professionally, are we at all surprised at the reaction of the regulatory authorities, especially when those 5% are in or near CAS and a potential 'threat' to commercial air transport?
I must admit, in my 25 years of flying GA aircraft, it's now bothering me the amount of stupidity involving GA types, microlights and helicopters i see around the country. Maybe I'm just getting old and more like Victor Meldrew?
