Morno
Seems it was re-registered the day before, beside the point.
RAA is heavily populated with a lot of good operators, many current airline pilots, you name it. Trouble is there are a great number who do not treat aviation with the respect it deserves.
Too much of the ....I want my freedoms, I want to do it my way, and to heck with rules, airmanship and the laws of physics.
We have too many rules in this country and they are all too complex, and often the reason is that due to morons like this chap, the owner, and the builder we get lumped with more and more regulation to stop these folk from killing themselves.
I have said this before, when you hear of folk getting a BFR done just because he turned up, well that is the value placed on the privilege, and the way it will be treated.
Education is lacking. And this applies to GA as well, go back to the engine thread for example.