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Old 4th Aug 2009, 06:13
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maverick22
 
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Uh oh.... here comes another RAA/GA p!ssing contest

I reckon Jaba has a valid point. It is most likely the minority of RAA members that actually want CTA priveliges, and at the end of the day those guys should just go and get a PPL anyway. We all know that the RAA hours count towards a PPL, so why not just go out and do it. Sure it might cost you more money, but it also will expand your knowledge/skills and open up more doors to aircraft options.

And finally, for the RAA guys who keep bagging out how expensive GA is then why would they want to fly into CTA anyway? When you think about the landing fees, parking fees and enroute charges etc at controlled aerodromes compared to most airfields that are OCTA, they are significantly higher. When your average RAA pilot sees this they would probably baulk at the cost of operating into CTA.

It's not that bad flying OCTA anyway. You can get to most places in oz OCTA, which is what the RAA guys have been doing since day one

Just my thoughts anyway.
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