Hi Richard The question whether this is a nonsense rule just would not arise in a proper licence based system.
It works for all other forms of aviation in other parts of the world and I really can’t see why it should be any different in Australia. Perhaps we are overlooking something here and therefore we should invite others to provide valid reasons for the retention of the status quo. So far we haven't come across any unresolvable issues but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there aren’t any! Of course, not everyone inspires to a formal recognition of their skills/expertise and the gliding fraternity must respect that. It goes without saying that fellow aviators who want to continue to fly under instructor supervision should be allowed to do so. Nothing would change for them - NOTHING AT ALL. I think it is fair to say that this topic has been discussed here like no other before. Please wait a little longer until everyone had a chance to forward their point of view and then present the majority opinion of this forum to the exec for urgent consideration. Many thanks and kind regards Bernard > On 6 Feb 2017, at 1:36 pm, Richard Frawley <[email protected]> wrote: > > for a private owner with a SL, this has to be a nonsense rule and I suspect > it gets broken a lot. > > I really think its time for this rule to significantly modified. > > John, Bernard, others…do you want your new owners of the shiny new SL > aircraft you sell constrained by this? > > > > >> On 6 Feb 2017, at 2:02 pm, Al Borowski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ulrich, >> >> On 06/02/2017, Ulrich Stauss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Please correct me if I’m wrong but the L2 Independent Operator endorsement >>> has always allowed glider pilots to operate independently within Australia >>> (at least as much as that is possible). The question is why don’t pilots >>> take that route? >>> >> >> I suspect the requirements may have something to do with it. >> >> 100 hours command (>5x restricted RAA license, more than a level 1 >> gliding instructor) >> Club committee approval >> Requires blessing of CFI every year >> >> This still means you have to belong to a training club (else you would >> have no CFI), so scratch the "get a few qualified friends, buy a 2nd >> hand glider and launch from a winch" approach. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Al >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
