Al, as I recall at the time the original concept was that the GPC would in fact be a L1 Independent Operator qualification. The requirement to still have an instructor endorse your logbook etc wasn't in the original spec. It came later as a result of the OFITTH influence. ROSS
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Borowski Sent: Monday, 25 August 2014 12:23 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Competition licenses - the emperor has no clothes On 24/08/2014, Ulrich Stauss <[email protected]> wrote: > So whilst the GPC tells me that the pilot has been trained to L1 IO > standard, the privileges and limitations depend on the log book > endorsements (not the GPC). I could imagine that for some clubs and > CFIs the legal liabilities arising from MOSP 2, paragraph 13.1.2 > > ("The Club of a person exercising Level 1 Independent Operator > privileges is responsible for that person's operations, even when the > person is operating > independently") may be considered too high a risk exposure in this day > and age so that they may wish to restrict the privileges by such > logbook endorsements. I've never understood the point of this. My driving instructor isn't responsible for any stupidity on my behalf once I have a car license. The same goes for a number of other licenses (boat, RAA etc) I hold. Why is there seemingly no stage in between 'gliding student' and 'gliding instructor'? Admittedly this only makes a real difference with privately owned gliders / motorgliders. If you're flying a club glider obviously the club can impose whatever conditions they want. Cheers, Al _______________________________________________ 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
