Geez Mike,
I don't know how you sleep with such nasty thoughts.
Most people don't live on this forum and therefore may not have the benefit of
your obvious higher knowledge of the political drive behind everything.
There are a lot of people trying very hard to provide, maintain and ensure
there is a way that gliding can operate in an extremely volatile changing
world, it would be nice if some appreciation for at least the volunteers was
recognised from time to time.
Some just make a living from it and throw venom all the time. I do find that a
bit sad, rude etc.
By the way, a lot of the time you are only half right, that doesn't make it
right.
Just my opinion. I don't expect others to comply..
Mark> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 18:41:50 +1000> To:
[email protected]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:
[Aus-soaring] Sporting Licences> > > Macca is obviously confused. The "stupid
red card" was not a CASA > initiative. It came from the security folks. One day
these same folks > will learn that any glider or ultralight pilot is just as
capable of > flying a light aircraft as any PPL holder and then the same
security > vetting will be applied to GFA and RAAus members wanting to learn ot
> fly as is applied to prospective SPL holders.> > As for the ease of getting
an Experimental certificate you can't > praise GFA for that. GFA had nothing to
do with Australia getting the > Experimental categories. You can thank the SAAA
and Boyd Munro for > slightly earlier removing a legislative impediment that
would have > prevented Experimental at all.> > In fact the GFA proposed banning
gliders with Experimental > certificates from contests when they first came in
nearly 10 years ago.> > GFA has had first of type etc since about 1982. Getting
a Permit to > fly from GFA was like getting blood out of a stone at times for
some > of the major repairs/mods I knew about. Typically the method was wait >
weeks or months, go fly the glider anyway and then when GFA had heard > it flew
OK they would send the permit.> > This thread started with my post about the
SSA removing the > requirement for FAI sporting licences for most circumstances
within > their control, surely a welcome reduction in stupid bureaucratic >
requirements and slightly cheaper for their members. We've had one > CASA
employee somehow confuse this with pilot licences issued by the > state and
another GFA apparatchik claim that the "rubber stamp" was > OK because it was
cheap. The sound you hear is the founders of the > GFA rotating in thier
graves.> > We still haven't seen a defence of the GFA position of "our way or
no > way" when it comes to the *option* of a state issued licence to fly >
gliders. Just so someone doesn't get to think that by "state" I mean >
Queensland , NSW etc, "state" in this context means "Commonwealth of >
Australia".> > > Mike> Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring
instruments> phone Int'l + 61 746 355784> fax Int'l + 61 746 358796> cellphone
Int'l + 61 428 355784> Int'l + 61 429 355784> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
website: www.borgeltinstruments.com>
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