Looking for a high performance fixed wing microlight.
I'm not anti the LAA permit system at-all, although I do think that the BMAA permit system works a bit better through clear documents like the TADS and standardisation systems like SIGMA, plus the use of independent and assessed Check Pilots. Compare any randomly selected LAA and BMAA TADS - particularly for a kit type such as the MCR01/X'Air/Rans S6/SkyRanger... and you start to see where I'm coming from.
But the LAA system nonetheless does work, and usually very well. I am very happy to fly LAA aeroplanes.
I am however concerned about people who misunderstand the way it works and are insufficiently self reliant. It rests on the owner of the aeroplane managing all of the maintenance and inspection of the aeroplane - and the assumption is that they do much of this themselves. The LAA inspector is effectively an auditor of the owner's care and maintenance of the aeroplane.
It is this approach that allows LAA (and BMAA, plus a few CAA PtF) aircraft owners to save a great deal of money on their flying. But where those owners become overly reliant on the inspector to find things that may be wrong with the aeroplane, the system won't work properly - the inspector as I said is principally an auditor.
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But the LAA system nonetheless does work, and usually very well. I am very happy to fly LAA aeroplanes.
I am however concerned about people who misunderstand the way it works and are insufficiently self reliant. It rests on the owner of the aeroplane managing all of the maintenance and inspection of the aeroplane - and the assumption is that they do much of this themselves. The LAA inspector is effectively an auditor of the owner's care and maintenance of the aeroplane.
It is this approach that allows LAA (and BMAA, plus a few CAA PtF) aircraft owners to save a great deal of money on their flying. But where those owners become overly reliant on the inspector to find things that may be wrong with the aeroplane, the system won't work properly - the inspector as I said is principally an auditor.
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