We discussed this at length at the recent Safety Seminar at Caboolture, north of Brisbane with Kevin Oerlehead CTO Ops and Darry O'Connell President GFA.
The hangies sign a declaration that they will not sue each other in event of an accident. Evidently it is legally sound. GFA does not have that protection and I suggested at the meeting that we should but that comment was not supported. We were told that there are legal proceedings going on at present between gliding accident victims/estates. Should a report by the GFA have an adverse findings against one of the pilots or instructor, you can imagine the ramifications of that! I want to read gliding accident reports too, but I can see the GFA's position and we need to change it so GFA can report impartially like the ATSB. PeterS Caboolture Gliding Club Member. Peter C. Stephenson RAPAC Qld. South Convenor Gliding Qld. RAPAC (Qld.South) 07 3886 6889 Fax: 07 3886 6129 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:01 AM Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] RE: Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 27, Issue 50 > Maybe I've missed something earlier in this thread.......... > I flew hang Gliders for 20 years, and learnt a hell of a lot from > reading the accident reports in what was then "SkySailor" > > If it's good enough for HG's and paragliders, and even trikes to publish > accidents and incidents, is there an LEGAL reason why GFA doesn't report > the same on a monthly basis? > > Is there anyone of authority who can answer this??? > > Cheers > Mark Fisher > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
