At 07:47 PM 21/06/02 +0930, you wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 06:47:36PM +0930, Dav wrote:
>
> > This whole debate on this list seems do be dominated by wealthy owner
> > operators of motor gliders who want to operate independantly of the GFA.
>
><fx: mark clears throat>
>
>I don't own anything with wings. With the exception of some kind and
>gracious private owners who have let me fly their glider (wave to the
>QZ syndicate, thanks guys!), I've only ever flown club gliders.
>
>I object to the GFA's stance on this issue because, as a pilot of club
>gliders with nowhere near enough hours for an Ind. Ops rating, my flying
>is entirely at the mercy of the social lives of my club's instructors.
>
>This summer I'll fly a 300, which will almost certainly take more
>than 5 hours; At that point I'll qualify for my silver badge, and
>will apply for L1 Independent Ops. It'll have taken me almost three
>years to have reached that point -- three years worth of flying
>basically every weekend. Other pilots in my club don't necessarily
>fly every weekend; And because it's a university club, the overwhelming
>majority of members are with us for less than three years anyway ('cos
>they're only with the university for three years, then they move on).
>So hardly anyone in my club will -ever- qualify for Independent Ops,
>regardless of whether they're capable of handling the responsiblity.
>
>When I fly cross-country, I spend every minute of my flight except
>for the moments prior to the launch entirely outside the influence
>of the duty instructor. The fact that I have a cross country endorsement
>in my logbook tells me that my CFI is happy with that situation. So,
>if the only thing I need a duty instructor for during a flight is
>to approve the launch, why can't I get that approval by making a phone
>call, sending an email message, or (ideally) by having a signature
>in my logbook renewed during each annual flight review, subject to
>some kind of currency requirement? If that was possible on a wide
>scale, my club wouldn't have to keep cancelling flying days (or, in
>some cases, entire weekends) for no better reason than the fact that we
>can't find an instructor.
>
>That's why I think the GFA's attitude on this stinks, and why their
>defense of the status quo is reprehensible. If holding an RPL with a
>glider rating would solve this problem, then it has my wholehearted
>support.
>
> - mark
So it seems it isn't just us "wealthy private owners of motorgliders" who
are being disadvantaged by the wonderful GFA rules. We are now seeing
people complain that their traditional club operations can't cope with these.
Interesting that these problems are only being aired now that there is a
possibility for change.
Who benefits from these rules?
The suggestion that these rules are for the benefit of our insurance cover
is outrageous.
We want to be independent of CASA so our INSURER can tell us how to operate?
If this is at all true it is time the BBL scam was ended.
Mike
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