Fuji,
Out of interest, I actually had very positive experiences in Sweden - it is a great place for GA touring. I was just commenting on the mounting anti-GA political pressures they have out there and the complete failure to mount a GA counter-attack !
I would have thought that the LAA and PPL/IR org are really technical rather than political organisations and therefore might not be best placed to argue our case with politicians and security services on airfield restrictions. I'm just about to join the LAA so will soon find out if that is a misguided comment, or not !
I have vaguely heard of the General Aviation Alliance but they don't seem to come up on radar very often so I can't imagine them having much impact. When we had the issue over the Planning status of airfields being re-desigated into 'brown field' sites the real noise came from AOPA and Loop (plus the GA mags) - not the PPL/IR, LAA or GAA !
I still believe AOPA are the best way ahead for us - but if they team up with the others then all the better.
Pace: AOPA and certain aviation friendly politicians are our best bet at stopping this madness
I agree !!!
Drambuster