Haven't we been over this issue many times already. The whole idea of AUF/RA-Aus, or whatever it will be called next, was to provide relatively inexpensive and simple recreational flying. It was for those who didn't need or want the complications of controlled airspace or airfields, did not want or need to keep up to date with complex regulations, and wanted to fly relatively simple aircraft types that they could maintain themselves.
Now it seems that there are those who want to simply use RA-Aus as a cheap and less-regulated way to gain qualifications that are well outside the whole reason for RA-Aus in the first place.
Surely there needs to be some line between Recreational and Commercial. You can't have it both ways. Yes, use some hours on RA-Aus aircraft towoards the 200hr option for CPL, but the 150hr pathway is intended for those who undertake a structured training program to CPL - ie to fly commercially. How is an entire administrative system, designed around recreational objectives, for recreational flyers and aircraft, compatible with training commercial pilots? Surely the regulatory, governance and management structures that RA-Aus would need to have in place to conduct CPL training would increase the overheads to members to the stage that the whole reason for having RA-Aus would be negated.
Cheers,
ausdoc