Hi, Being an ex member of Gympie SC, I commiserate with all of the members in their sad lose of a member under such tragic circumstances. However I do agree with Robert that the GFA hierarchy appears to be so lax in the investigating and the reporting of accidents. Perhaps I am wrong, but like Robert, I cannot recall a detailed report for many years. The last report that I can recall was back in the dim dark past when AG was in its smaller format. However I am glad it was not a Puchacz to add to the sorry history of that type. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:43 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] GFA and accident investigations
> Hi > > With yesterday's fatality at Gympie, there have now been three fatal > glider crashes in about 12 months here in Australia. During that time > there have also been a number of accidents involving serious injury. > > I know we all extend our sympathy to the friends and families of those > involved. > > The problem is that we are currently incapable of learning from these > terrible happenings. This is not because we, as individual pilots and > instructors do not wish to learn from them, but that, even where > investigations into accidents do occur, the GFA does not publish any > accident reports. > > We are therefore incapable of learning where our system failed in these > instances and thus remain at risk of becoming the victim of the same > 'system failure'. > > A perusal of the GFA council/board minutes will show you that this issue > has been on the GFA's plate for some considerable amount of time, with > no apparent progress. > > I would ask that individuals speak to their state representatives, > requesting the council/board to instruct the executive to expedite this > issue and, in the meantime, report in detail on what is holding up the > issue. Such a detailed report will allow the accumulated wisdom of the > membership to be applied to help the executive find a satisfactory > solution with as little further delay as is practicable. > > I am sure none of us want to see anyone killed or seriously injured due > to the lack of adequate accident investigation and reporting, but that > is exactly what the current lack of progress on this issue is inviting. > > -- > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +61 (0)438 385 533 > Brisbane, Australia http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.1 - Release Date: 04/20/2005 > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
