Volunteer Capability
Rivet Gun
My point was/is that the PFA/LAA and indeed the BGA are all Volunteer organisations that have their own airworthiness and certification sections. In the case of the BGA they have had to adapt to the advent of quite high tec machines and also numerous motor adaptations. Their ability to cope with this has never been in question.
In the case of what is now the LAA they are responsible for homebuilt construction of quite complicated and powerful aircraft and the ongoing maintenance. Both organisations are largely Volunteer run with high quality tech leadership and design capability. As we have seen with the ACO the volunteer element has proven to be 100% capable of delivering quality safe TRAINING. Had it also operated the engineering backup using the same element of capability as the above organisations including the GSA then we would not be in the current pickle. It is the SHOCK that the parent organisation for delivering the engineering part of Air Cadet gliding has been seen to be wanting to extreme, and also the paid full time 'staff' so lacking in both capability and actual leadership let alone an ability to deal with a (NOT QUITE ROCKET SCIENCE ISSUE) .If the parent engineering base was so incapable (why would anybody with a brain let it organise a recovery)