On 18 Feb 2017, at 11:28 AM, Mike Borgelt <mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> wrote: > > > AOPA made their proposal last year to CASA and the Minister. The CASA paper > looks to me like a typical bureaucratic response when the intention is to do > nothing. Instead of simply discussing the AOPA proposal it puts ALL medical > certification on the table which is guaranteed to draw out the process ad > infinitum as people argue about minor details of everything. >
It's important to understand that the CASA discussion paper is a response to the AOPA proposal, not the other way around. AOPA rattled chains and kicked over the bins outside the Minister's office in response to FAA third class medical reform: "You people are hopeless. Why are you insisting on this bureaucratic class 2 medical system for Australia when you could be pulling your heads out of your arses and doing what the Americans are doing?" AOPA and SAAA wrote up a proposal. CASA wrote the DP to focus discussion on their options instead of the AOPA option. CASA AVmed doesn't want to de-bureaucratise the system. They'll have to be dragged kicking and screaming into it, and whatever passes will probably be against their objections. That's why it's important to have your say. A one line email to CASA will suffice; something more substantial in your own words will be even better. - mark _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
