Yes, Mark it is an 'Australianism'. I agree.
Being asked is an agony it would be nice to remove truthfully with one word.
The explanation is nearly as bad as for 'what happens if the wind stops'.
:-(
Anyway Oz has PPL & CPL etc., so why not GPL for uniformity.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Newton" <new...@atdot.dotat.org>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
<aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net>
Cc: "GGC Members" <ggc-memb...@gliding-in-melbourne.org>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA gliding licence
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 05:21:29PM +1000, Christopher Mc Donnell wrote:
> And if this comes to pass I hope CASA uses the word 'licence' on it's
> document rather than 'certificate' . They seem to alternate between
> the two words.
Fetishism about a "license" is a bit of an Australianism.
The Americans call theirs a pilot certificate, and it's accepted
everywhere. Doesn't matter what it's called, as long as it meets
ICAO requirements.
- mark
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