At 11:59 PM 19/06/02 +1000, you wrote:
>All this chat about Licenses for Glider pilots is interesting stuff guys,
>BUT it is like chips being thrown to sea gulls in the park, there is a lot
>of noise and activity surrounding the tip bits while there is a real meal is
>on the table.
>
>What is on the table? Recreational aviation as an activity is facing some
>big changes. These changes are not a CASA conspiracy as some would like you
>to believe, they are a government directive. CASA are the managers and
>messengers. "The Regulator's Unhappy Lot" (Reason. J. 1997)
>
>What is happening?? CASA have been directed to rewrite the regulations, all
>of them, and there is a time table for its completion. The recreational
>flying
>community is caught up in this and will be regulated under what will be
>called Part 103 and Part 115. As part of this reform process the
>recreational aviation community are being given the opportunity to be part
>of the team that rewrites these regulations, and many within the
>recreational aviation community are playing an active part in this process.
>Are you happy with your representation on these committees??
Stuart,
Is the proposed Part 103 on the table? I checked the CASA website and the
NPRM has been withdrawn.
>
>Another issue I believe needs our immediate attention is the National
>Airspace System (NAS). Not to many nasties there? How about the lowering of
>the A Class airspace to Fl245 and in some areas Fl180.
The USA has had this for years, it used to called the PCA(Positive Control
Airspace) and even in the western US it was at Fl 180 where the ground is
at 7000 to 9000 feet in lots of places. Wave windows have been negotiated
for the wave soaring operations which is about the same as been happening
here. What is the problem?
>means NO VFR FLIGHTS ALLOWED.
Big deal. No VFR was in fact the situation in this country above Fl 200
before the alphabet airspace was introduced.
This will make Diamond Height gains in parts
>of our country either impossible very difficult. Rick your record will be
>yours for ever, protected by law. I have heard Dick Smith address the NAS,
>only after being asked the question and his answer was something along the
>lines of, ......the minister has signed off on it.
Sheer hype and panic mongering. Is this another ATC union Dick Smith
bashing exercise? According to Paul Phelan in the last issue of Australian
Aviation this union appears to be the only industry body unhappy with the NAS.
>
>My point - while the discussion about the Rec Pilots License is important to
>some of you, there are far more important issues that really do threaten our
>sport
>Let's get some focus on these bigger issues.
Interesting that the GFA hasn't told the members about all this isn't it?
I'm sure people might take an interest if they knew.
The big issue threatening our sport is having a moribund and incompetent
body that is supposedly representing our interests.
Mike
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