AUS GA- the state in 2015
In light of the recent release of the White Paper, the withdrawal of various aerodromes, refueling services, possible SIDs on most Cessnas, lack of skilled staff inc engineers, low rates of return on investment hampering new aircraft purchases, bad business models, etc etc I thought I would kick off a thread where anyone can pipe and and describe where they think GA in this country will be in 5 or more years time.
5 years is not too far away to predict and enough imagination and speculation is possible to make it interesting.
I think we can all see certain trends, I hope this might stimulate a bit of discussion. Perhaps it might even fall on influential ears.
I think in 5 years there will be:
a further 30% reduction in aerodromes
an increase in red tape and overregulation (yes more than now)
a reduction in the number of small businesses in GA
less flying schools but they will be bigger and foreign owned
at least one serious accident involving a PA-31 or similar due age resulting in CASA overreacting
pvt GA dying or dead replaced by RAA with limited power but overburdened with responsibility
No avgas at most aerodromes in regional areas
That's just to start the debate.
SC