At 09:08 AM 21/09/04 +1000, you wrote:
>LICENCES SUCK. Thats my personal view. So someone has a licence, tell me
>what does that give you, a piece of paper/ plastic card, that does exactly
>what??
>Oh yes thats right, here's my $50 bucks per annum to ALLOW me to keep it!
>Someone anonymously says I did a beat up or didn't like my flying, whats
>that, you are taking my licence away from me,
>Because I have a licence some friggin bearocrat says I can't fly here or
>there and threatens all sorts of measures to stop my freedom,
> Oh shit I can't crash, I have a licence and it says I can fly.
>
>There are probably a hundred reasons why we SHOULDN'T HAVE licences but only
>one that is never given as to why we should, and that is WITH A LICENCE WE
>CAN CONTROL YOU BY TELLING YOU WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO BECAUSE THEN WE CAN
>CHARGE YOU FOR OUR EXPERTISE!!!
>
>And if you don't believe me just look around you. Fishing, boating,
>shooting, motor vehicles and plenty of other organisations have licences, I
>would argue that I can fish, drive a boat/sail, shoot and drive just as well
>without a licence.
>I suppose the sales of wheatties packets may increase with the introduction
>of licences.
I agree with actually but that isn't how our world works and it is time to
review the historical opposition to licences.
What is so different about not having a licence and being grounded by your
club because someone anonymously says they saw you do something?
$50 a year for a licence. The GFA fee is much more than that.
Does not having licences allow you to fly in controlled airspace? No, it
does not.
What a licence means is that at some time you at least passed a test for
issue of the licence along with usually some kind of written exam on the
basic rules of the activity.
Some people consider this a mark of achievement and families and friends of
pilots get some comfort from knowing their loved one was at least teated
for basic competence in the activity and may indeed feel more inclined to
go for a flight with them.
Don't forget also the tens of thousands of GA licence holders out there who
are quite comfortable with licences and are not all that happy without one.
A little less decaying hippy colony attitude and a bit more recognition of
the real world would do the GFA a lot of good.
Mike
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