My reading of Mosp 2 (the GFA operations manual) is that membership of the GFA is only mandated for foreign pilots and Class A airspace operations. However, the GFA Operational Regulations (agreed between CASA and the GFA as per CAO 95.4) say: "3.1.1. An aircraft to which these Regulations apply must not be operated except by an individual who is a member of the GFA (CAO 95.4)." which would seem to run counter to the intent of CASR 61.1515 for why not say in the regulation "must be a member of the GFA". This question is did CASA exceed its authority to include this in the GFA Operational Regulations when CAO 95.4 clearly defines an alternative path to glider opeartions? BTW reading Part 61 it would seem that a private operator of glider maintained by a LAME and holding a PPL can legally fly the glider provided you do not need the benefit of the exemptions of CAO 95.4 which only seem to exclude slope soaring. Remember RA-Aus issues glider towing endorsements.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Mark Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 7 Feb 2017, at 9:23 AM, James McDowall <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Can anyone enlighten me as to which piece of legislation says a GPL has no > validity in Australia? > > > CASR 61.145 permits flight in a glider without a glider pilot license > under stated conditions. > > CASR 61.1515 limits exercise of the privileges of a glider pilot license > to activity “conducted in accordance with … the operations manual of a > recreational aviation administration organisation that administers glider > activities…” > > The only such organization is the GFA. > > The operations manual of the GFA requires pilots to be GFA members and > submit to the GFA instructional system, flying GFA-registered aircraft > maintained under the GFA airworthiness system. > > If a pilot is a GFA member and has submitted to the GFA instructional > system, flying a GFA-registered aircraft maintained under the GFA > airworthiness system, they don’t actually need a glider pilot license in > the first place. > > Thus the glider pilot license is useless in Australia. The credential that > CASA recognizes as authority to fly a glider in Australia is the GFA-issued > GPC, not the one on your Part 61 license. > > Here’s Simon Hackett’s account of what it takes to get one, by the way: > https://simonhackett.com/2015/04/17/australian-to-usa- > glider-pilot-license/ > > An Australian ‘GLIDER PILOT LICENSE’ (GPL) issued by CASA (the Australian > version of the FAA) is *not a license to fly gliders in Australia*. > > Instead, the GPL is it seems, merely an administrative construct ... that > joins the dots between an international licensing system (that wants to see > an ICAO compliant thing called a *license)* and the Australian glider > flying environment administered by the GFA > > > - mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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