Nick Clegg's "Your Freedom" website - Aviation-related
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Most aviation regulation is now firmly wrapped in European job creation schemes. Not many people in EASA for example are under 100k euros p.a. so the Govt is powerless to do anything about most of this now.
But they could abolish that idiot agency Ofcom. It is obvious that for every radio frequency Ofcom manages to tax, they will force the loss of use of another one. The UK is going to become a laughing stock of Europe. Oftom will just manage to screw up the aviation band usage in the UK.
But they could abolish that idiot agency Ofcom. It is obvious that for every radio frequency Ofcom manages to tax, they will force the loss of use of another one. The UK is going to become a laughing stock of Europe. Oftom will just manage to screw up the aviation band usage in the UK.
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Please can we keep this thread for aviation-related wish-list items, as there is a thread in JB for everything else: http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/4198...-bad-laws.html
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I wonder how many jobs will be created/maintained in order to trawl through all these suggestions and generate policies out of them. Hopefully lots.
I'd suggest the best regulation to chuck is the one that allows sharks and spivs to line their pockets from any change in the fuel price but in particular the inexorable upward trend, without any change in the real cost of producing the stuff.
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I'd suggest the best regulation to chuck is the one that allows sharks and spivs to line their pockets from any change in the fuel price but in particular the inexorable upward trend, without any change in the real cost of producing the stuff.
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I like Genghis' points and would add:
A return to instructors for non commercial licences not needing to have a commercial rating to be paid.
Owner check flights allowed for all permit aircraft.
An acceptance of European permit type aircraft to operate in the UK without restriction.
A return to instructors for non commercial licences not needing to have a commercial rating to be paid.
Owner check flights allowed for all permit aircraft.
An acceptance of European permit type aircraft to operate in the UK without restriction.
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Hear hear NorthSouth.
Like IO540 I also wish to see Ofcom's idiot plan to tax radio frequencies chucked where it belongs - down the dunny.
Also the abolition of Air Passenger Duty and its planned "per plane" replacement. Think though that was a Tory/Dim Dem policy to start with. We all know where they can shove that.
Many more on the way...
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Like IO540 I also wish to see Ofcom's idiot plan to tax radio frequencies chucked where it belongs - down the dunny.
Also the abolition of Air Passenger Duty and its planned "per plane" replacement. Think though that was a Tory/Dim Dem policy to start with. We all know where they can shove that.
Many more on the way...
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With the YourFreedom site now up and runinng - HMG - Your Freedom - you can put your suggestions straight on it, instead/as well as this thread.
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Christ almighty;
Add Duty to Aviation Fuel — HMG - Your Freedom
Some people should not be allowed freedom - do you think I could get this passed?
Add Duty to Aviation Fuel — HMG - Your Freedom
Some people should not be allowed freedom - do you think I could get this passed?
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Perhaps Ryan, there again this is a democracy, so whilst we all have a say (apparently) unfortunately that also means as well as putting our thoughts and ideas forward we also have to listen to the prats and inbred nonces with their prattish views...
People wouldn't be so quick to call for tax on AVTUR when they'd find out their holiday bills rocket by about 40% because some tw@t suggested it would be a good idea to tax aviation motion lotion
Some folk are thick
Smithy
People wouldn't be so quick to call for tax on AVTUR when they'd find out their holiday bills rocket by about 40% because some tw@t suggested it would be a good idea to tax aviation motion lotion
Some folk are thick
Smithy
"The CAA have statistically demonstrated that the plethora of new reglation introduced by JAA (BFRs, 90 day rules, annual MEP tests. etc etc) have done precisely zilch for flight safety and merely dumped more uneccessary expense and hassle at the foot of GA, adding more straws to the camel's back, strangling the industry to death, deterring new entrants, and adding to the 70/75% of PPLs who pack it all in after the first 5 years . The regulators wont be satisfied until they have regulated themselves out of existence."
I agree with the earlier commentator, but would strengthen things slightly. The CAA have demonstrated they provide nothing for GA except hassle and cost. They have done practically nothing for safety for GA for many years, ALL they do is add confusion, bumff and continuing cock-up, demonstrating that while they may be expert at commercial and heavy metal flying, they add no value to GA. Let the LAA and the other small aircraft associations run their own affairs.
Neither EASA nor the CAA as currently operating do us any good.
I agree with the earlier commentator, but would strengthen things slightly. The CAA have demonstrated they provide nothing for GA except hassle and cost. They have done practically nothing for safety for GA for many years, ALL they do is add confusion, bumff and continuing cock-up, demonstrating that while they may be expert at commercial and heavy metal flying, they add no value to GA. Let the LAA and the other small aircraft associations run their own affairs.
Neither EASA nor the CAA as currently operating do us any good.
