In any bureaucratic or patriarchal system the hardest thing to relinquish or modify is power.
> On 31 Jan. 2017, at 7:05 pm, Erich Wittstock <[email protected]> wrote: > > Excuse my ignorance (never thought I would be able to use that phrase "one > day") > May I ask what is holding us back from adapting a more modern system. > Something like the PPL A,B,C? > A - GA > B - powered sailplanes > C - sailplanes > > The NEW system is "EASA Part FCL" with more letters behind it - depending > what you are flying > A - fixed wing (that includes us) > H - airfoil faster than the air-frame > G - Gyro (not fish, nor flesh) > BA - soap bubbles and Hindenburgs > > It is possible to have "sailplane/glider" added to my PPL here. But why would > I do that if I am not intending to fly overseas? > > If this has been discussed more than 20 years ago - what laws of physics > prevented this to happen? > > Or is this in progress and the GPC is part of that? > When can we have a GPL? It would certainly appeal to some. > Make everyone responsible for their own actions and then CFI's won't get grey > hair that quickly. > > I really would like to know. > Erich > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 7:16 PM, Justin Couch <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On 31/01/2017 1:30 PM, Mark Fisher wrote: > Yep. As sad as it might seem, things will have to change. > Of course club committees will cry foul and suggest that implementing this > will mean the demise of the club. > > I think he GFA should look at supporting a flagship club or two to trial > this. By support I mean fund any loss if it doesn't work. > > I would think a couple of clubs with different profiles might work as a > trial to learn about the efficacy of the idea. > > E.G One club with > 100 members, and another with <30 > > We might actually learn something. > > > Or a club could even offer two training schemes. > > 1. Is the sit around all day and take what you can get (Free) > 2. Is the fully commercial model > > Explain the reality and timeframe to learn. See what people opt for???? > > At least the Narromine club is doing this (commercial midweek, club > weekends), as well as the Sydney motor flight group. SMFG is a good apples > to (custard?) apples comparison, because on the same airfield there is a club > (Southern Cross) and another sorta club (Sydney Gliding). SMFG use a Dimona, > so really only needs the instructor and student, SCGC of course are aerotow > and all voluntary. Size of the two is very different but most students are > still heading to the club-based environment rather than a turn-up-and-fly > (note they are specifically staying away from saying they are a commercial > operation). Also of note is that SCGC used to have a commercial training arm > (that's how I learnt to glide) but gave it away as uneconomic, even when > based right next to Australia's larges population centre. > > -- > Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/ > <http://www.vlc.com.au/> > Java 3D Graphics Information http://www.j3d.org/ > <http://www.j3d.org/> > LinkedIn http://au.linkedin.com/in/justincouch/ > <http://au.linkedin.com/in/justincouch/> > G+ WetMorgoth > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Look through the lens, and the light breaks down into many lights. > Turn it or move it, and a new set of arrangements appears... is it > a single light or many lights, lights that one must know how to > distinguish, recognise and appreciate? Is it one light with many > frames or one frame for many lights?" -Subcomandante Marcos > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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