I came home one evening after work, watched the news to hear them say
that the person that was taken from the water near the Gap (Sydney)this
morning was xyz. This was my cousin, who I was very close to. My
mother knew but wanted to tell me face-face. This was a long time ago
before mobile phones etc. Nothing has changed in the many years. I had
to face the press with a member of my club passing away in tragic
circumstances last year. There are good press people and there are
bad. I have seen them all in the space of that week.
I think the GFA needs to prepare clubs better with Press Kits and facts
so they can speak to the media. I know from experience that the
objective is to keep the press away from the family. If you give them
something they will be more happy and less harrassing of the family for
the story. They have deadlines.
/daveb
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Ben Jones
Sent: Friday, 29 December 2006 6:35 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Concealing Aircraft Registration
Scott, not having a go at you but.
Legal reasons or not is pile of B.S,
What legal reason would that be ??
Just because a reg of a aircraft is open to any one who can
punch in a CASA
or GFA web page and search for a particular rego and get the
particular
details of the owner and most likely the pilot at the time of
reporting of
the accident, doesn't mean its a right to publish the rego of
the aircraft
in a photo.
Lets assume I have a uncle who flew aircraft and this
aircraft went in
and was published no later than 1 hour after the incident as
a news flash
across my computer screen while looking at the ABC website, I
click on the
headline out of interest and see a pic of my uncles aircraft
on the ground
and caption pilot dies in crash
Because of the crap reasons why they dont blank out rego's (
and with
todays digital gear it aint that hard!! ) Now i just have
been informed of
my uncles death, via computer . gee dont you think this
type of news
should be delivered by friend and family not via the press.
The above is only a example .
My thought go out to the family of a fellow pilot.
Ben
- Original Message -
From: Scott Penrose [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Concealing Aircraft Registration
Your comment about privacy and sensitivity is taken a set
further in
the fact that anyone can source the aircraft register on
line while
motor vehicle registrations details are not available even
on request
due to Privacy Legislation in the ACT at least, and
probably other
states too. The potential for Road Rage revenge attacks
has been used
as one reason to
justify this position.
I am passing no judgement on if it should or should not be,
but this
is
the reason they do not cover it up. Unlike car
registration, aircraft
registration is open and public. The press do not cover
things up for
sensitivity reasons, but for legal ones. Again, this is no
judgement on
if they should or not.
Scott
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