G'Day John Take care with your cynicism - VERY soon we expect that CASR Part 149 NPRM will be issued and this one DOES affect glider pilots! It will set the criteria by which the GFA may administer gliding for perhaps the NEXT 60 years. Also it will mean that a close-off date for comments on Part 103 (which includes the operating rules for glider pilots) can be finalised. It is expected that both rule sets will close for comment on 24 September 2007, so be prepared to make your comments if you want to have them taken into account.
If you want the GFA to have any say in the runway criteria for the Eta 2, Nimbus 5D or ASG33 then you had better get your comments ready to put in to this lot when they go public. (We will let you know when, but expect it SOON.) P.S. CASA does have to consult with everybody - one of the joys of living in a democracy. It can be a right royal pain in the bum but it is very important to the way we all get to have the freedom to fly the things that don't have any importance to defence, national security or big business and the multinationals. Gliding may even outlast them all when energy criteria get really sensitive (and don't forget hang gliders may be even more "pure"). Wombat At 20:26 16/07/2007, you wrote: >Here is one we must all comment on. > >John > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>CASA mailing lists >To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:07 PM >Subject: New Legislative Change Project AS 07/06 >Amendments to MOS Part 139 Aerodrome requirements for Airbus A380 > >The purpose of the project is to amend MOS Part >139 to include the runway and taxiway width >standards for the A380 Code F aeroplane to allow >it to operate at existing Code E aerodromes. > >Given the imminent introduction date of the A380 >into Australia we are seeking a short response >period for a Notice of Proposed Change (NPC) to >enable the standards to be made before the >aircraft commences operations. It is envisaged >the proposed changes will be unanimously agreed to by industry. > >More information about this project can be found >on the CASA website at: ><http://casa.gov.au/newrules/airspace/as0706.htm>http://casa.gov.au/newrules/airspace/as0706.htm. > > >-- >To update your preferences and to unsubscribe >visit ><http://casa.grapevine.com.au/lists/?p=preferences&uid=050defc4a0d1f073e48ad42778835e36>this > >link > > >To forward this email to someone else, click ><http://casa.grapevine.com.au/lists/?p=forward&uid=050defc4a0d1f073e48ad42778835e36&mid=384>this > >link > >powered by <http://www.phplist.com>phplist v >2.10.3, © <http://tincan.co.uk/powered>tincan ltd >_______________________________________________ >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
