At 01:21 PM 15/10/2008, you wrote:
Piloting skill and the sport itself are highly regarded.
The thing that gets a bagging is the ancient GFA system.
Correct, the thread was quite supportive of the business of flying
gliders. That and the GFA system aren't the same thing at all. They
might have been once upon a time.
Even RA Aus left the GFA behind in the aspects of training /
licensing. Yes, it is debatable if someone with 30 hours flying
experience should hold a license equivalent in gliding - compared to RA Aus.
Maybe GFA is smarter than we all think and just monitors what others
(RA-Aus) are doing and come up with an even better system in the not
so distant future... ;-)
Did you check out the thread on RAAus on D&G? Much of what was said
there applies to the GFA also. Flying RAAus currently carries SIX
times the death risk per flying hour as cropdusting. Cropdusting is
the most dangerous GA activity(GA as distinct from recreational
aviation) Clearly our parliament, through the regulator, don't care
if sport aviators kill themselves. Which does raise the question: By
what legal or moral authority in the land does anybody else claim the
right to do so?
Mike
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