Let's cut to the chase shall we.
RAA was all anout the recreational end of the industry....the old AUF.
If you start adding more training requirements, more GA like structures, etc etc and all the Head Office overheads, all of a sudden the RAA of old that appealled to the masses becomes too complicated and too expensive.
What happens........participation drops and the downward spiral has begun....and will not stop.
All for what........a CTA endo???? FFS it exists now....its called a Class 2 medical and training and a test. now that is exactly what will happen if RAA get it too, so why the **** double up?
It is just plain stupid.
In simple terms if you have an RAA registered (home built even) Savannah or Jabiru or a factory built one, or a Tecnam, and it has AN APPROVED engine, and a VHF and a Transponder (for C) and a PPL you can use CTA just as if it was a certified Cessna.
So the only difference is.........................a PPL vs a RAA Pilot Certificate.
So at the end of the day, if you do your PPL, which will be the same cost and workload, you can have the same privilleges WITHOUT loading up the RAA with all the admin and training etc overheads.
Everybody wins.
Why is it so many are so thick they do not get this???
Sunnie.........check your PM's
