The suggestion by Mark that the GFA should make a counter licence proposal is a bad idea. One of the major benefits of the RPL/PPL is that it is a single licence with ratings which would allow it's holder to transfer some of their flight experience to reduce the cost of getting other ratings. The idea of a GFA alternate licence will not have any of these benefits, the idea of training glider pilots to fly the tug for example, the idea that people wishing to learn to fly might see the $160/hr minimum charge by GA as being too high and realise that learning to fly at maybe $90/hr in a motor glider and then finishing at $160 to get their GA is a better path as they still get an RPL/PPL but with both ratings at less cost. None of these benefits would be possble with a GFA alternative licence.
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