But can someone tell me, for the sake of this arguement, how you can do your GFPT at say, Coffs Harbour, solo circuits and all, with a Student Pilot Licence? (medical perhaps).
Is GAAP a Control Zone in this case? It has a control tower.
I take it that GFPT to PPL NAV's are also acceptable transitting into or through CTR?
When are you actually endorsed to fly in CTR?
Yes, this is all fine, of course. Any student who does/did their training at an aerodrome such as YMEN (like myself) has done nothing but depart from/transit through/arrive in CTA solo with a SPL/GFPT since they started their training. I've flown solo over the runway intersection at YMML at 1500' around 5 times with nothing but a GFPT. Whether this adds weight to the RAA-in-CTA argument or not, I don't know. I really don't have an opinion one way or another - apart from that fact that as a person's level of training and competency decreases, the less I want to be near them in the air, CTA or not. This applies across the board though.