I understood Simon. Sent from my iPad
> On 1 Sep 2014, at 8:51 am, Peter Brookman <peter.brook...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > If you are a member of a gliding club & GFA member to get a GPC you can apply > on line once logged into the GFA site, > > http://www.gfa.org.au/component/com_chronoforms/Itemid,787/view,form/, this > will set it in motion, your CFI will receive a form to complete for you. When > I applied it was possible to download the form yourself and get your CFI to > sign it ( if he/she feels you qualify). Its that easy. I don't know what the > CASA involvement is , maybe they don't know either. > > -----Original Message----- From: Simon Hackett > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 4:50 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes > > I tried to make sense of this thread and it just hurt my head. Not the fault > of this thread, more the fault of the underlying confusion it is trying to > unscramble... > > I thought- well, what the heck, I imagine I qualify for a Glider Pilot > License, why don't I just apply for one and see what happens. One more notch > in the pistol case, eh - maybe useful in the future, maybe not. > > So I searched the CASA site for application forms, which lead me to this > page, called "CASA Flight Crew Licensing Forms": > > http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/formdisplay.asp?session=1001&pc=PC_91489&formtopic=fcl&formnoin=&public=YES&Show+forms=Show+forms > > On that page there is a link called "Form 61-1GP - Glider Pilot Application". > > Clicking on the link gets you an error message ... "The requested page does > not exist. Please check the URL." > > ** argh ** > > (Yes, I've emailed them to ask them to fix it - but its not a great start, is > it? Then again, I doubt it'll be the only hiccup in the move to Part 61 on > 1st September...) > > Regards, > Simon > _______________________________________________ > 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