At the risk of not really addressing the thread topic...
I'm a retired aviation professional (no, not a professional PILOT) who'd checked out 'the prune'
for quite a while before I signed up.
I'd not really been able to contribute a real lot because there's so much knowledge and experience
on here that I sit back and go.. "orright!"
The industry, as we know, is not without its ego-trippers and 'vested interests' but this forum, IMO,
should not be seen to be restricted to proprietorially limited viewpoints.
We're facing a significant crisis as far as GA in OZ is concerned.
This forum, hopefully, can help by allowing these diverse views to be aired.
Mods, please pass it on to admin.