Glad I got a US one in the early 90's. I've used it in Europe as well as the US
Cath Sent from my iPhone On 16/08/2010, at 12:42 PM, "Christopher Mc Donnell" <wommamuku...@bigpond.com> wrote: > If you need an ICAO recognised glider licence you can take one of the cheap > flights to NZ, have a bit of a holiday and get one of their CAA ones while > there. > Just do your homework and break the back of the paperwork before you go. > This would seem to be the cheapest way for Australians. > Pity we are one of the few places you cannot get a recognised licence. Makes > you feel second rate :-( > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "emilis prelgauskas" <emi...@emilis.sa.on.net> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 11:59 AM > Subject: [Aus-soaring] pilot license > > > To Tom's enquiry about pilot licensing for use o/s > my understanding would be that GFA > in addition to formalising GPC for the future; > would also be able > as the 'organisation of record' > to certify that the original instructor > was trained, endorsed, certified and audited by GFA > and therefore did train to the syllabus. > If the organisation of record can't do this, > firstly what is the point of having the organisation > and secondly what are the prospects of the organisation > being accepted by CASA in its sport aviation hierarchy transition. > > Just asking..... > > > > On 15/08/2010, at 1:44 AM, tom claffey wrote: > >> While conducting an e-mail war with CASA re a licence/letter of >> qualification to replace SLMG on my ATPL [for the World Comps] the CASA >> man implied that although he was satisfied that the GPC syllabus satisfied >> the ICAO licence requirements he could not be certain that I was trained >> in accordance with the syllabus. As my old instructor has recently died >> and cannot certify it looks like I may never get one! [I guess 20 000hrs >> and an ATPL does not help] >> Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
