At 01:35 AM 22/06/02 +1000, you wrote:
>>From: "Peter Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>Politicians work on the fact that if they get one letter on their desk
>>about
>>a subject, there are ten others who think the same but do not bother to
>>write.
>
>And look where that decision-making process has got us.
>
>You may well be right in your opinion that a large number of glider pilots
>in Australia want a pilot's licence in their pocket but that doesn't make it
>a good idea for the health of gliding. If the enthusiasts have their way,
>I'll predict that it will drive at least a third and probably more of the
>current members (for want of a better word) out of the sport within a few
>years of the RPL coming in.
As if the present system hasn't already hasn't driven large numbers of
people out of gliding.
A friend of mine put to me the other week that the GFA opposition to the
licence is based on the knowledge that gliding will continue to decline and
the powers that be will then blame the licence introduction. Smart man!
Mike
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