>Are you seriously reading comprehension challenged? I certainly hope not...! ;-) I'll give another go, eh? And, I will not get personal.... Play the ball not the person.
>So you should have asked him why they were still happy to have you fly in Australia as he'd just indicated he couldn't be sure you were properly trained. Which of course applies to ALL Australian glider pilots and instructors. >The real problem isn't whether or the pilot is competent, it is that *CASA judged* that they couldn't be sure that the person had been trained to the glider pilot syllabus. In the past, the pilot's training record has been the de facto record of a pilot progressing through the syllabus. Hopefully using the GPL pathway is a step in the correct direction and getting it internationally recognised would be a good thing. A similar argument could be put forward for PPL training (or any training overseen by CASA). It all comes down to having bits of paper signed by authorised and hopefully scrupulous individuals, mentioning that you are deemed competent to exercise certain privileges, are endorsed for whatever, have done this or that practical flight exam or have a satisfactory pass in a written exam. No one can be absolutely sure that anyone is properly trained despite all this. We can have pilots who have jumped through all the training hoops, and have the bits of signed paper in the world endorsed by an authorised and recognised international body, and yet still make bad decisions leading to an accident. Does this mean that the whole system is crook? >The overseas issue is one thing and it should be noted that the lack of a real CASA issued glider pilot licence has again caused difficulties for our team overseas. After that accident in Hungary I should think it won't be any easier in future. So do you think that the Hungary accident would not have happened if the pilot had a real CASA issue GPL? >Third countries may be reluctant to issue pieces of paper that skirt the law to Australians. The law has not been skirted. Gliders have a CAO giving exemption from certain aviation regulations. Nothing illegal about that. Others may argue the merit of that though. >I think I would more worried about the people they have driving on the roads...! ;-) >Which has absolutely nothing to do with what we are talking about here. Yep, sorry, you got me on that one, totally irrelevant. More people get killed on the road and no-one seems to care either (unless it is some-one they know). And car licenses are issued by Government bodies too, who obviously aren't training us properly either. So I don't think CASA, the GFA are alone on this one. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
