Proposed Part 149 Organisations - recipe for tyranny?

[rhysmcc]

Why not, they seem to control the autocorrect

 

 

[Jim McDowall]

SAAA would be making a huge mistake by taking on pilot training and as I've mentioned before, I believe the way forward for RA-AUS is to move away from that area and focus more on the recreational aircraft we choose to fly. The hard work is ensuring the correct exceptions are in place such that no one who has a RPC would be excluded from a RPL (ie medical) and appropriate support in place for our FTFs. We should be working with SAAA in developing our building and maintenance programs while providing them additional ways for aircraft registration and operation (away from the CASA stream).

SAAA have form - they screwed up the maintenance for experimental aircraft by requesting CASA to require undertaking a maintenance course. See my previous post on the subject.From where I sit SAAA would be happier if the experimental category was replaced with the old CAO 101.28 arrangements.

 

 

[Jim McDowall]

A license ? Do you mean the Americans have to train them ? Just kidding, getting a GA school to train pilots for a Licence is too expensive for ultralights

The expense is in the aircraft they fly.

 

 

[dazza 38]

The expense is in the aircraft they fly.

And their overheads

 

 

[Jim McDowall]

But who is going to train the pilots?

Instructors who have a licence endorsement gained by examination and flight review by a person holding a delegation from CASA to examine ultralight pilot instructors.

 

 

[Jim McDowall]

And their overheads

Don't some GA schools also train RAAus? The real cost is the post solo hours before PPL granted

 

 

[rhysmcc]

From my experience, the instructor rate is the same for both RA-AUS and CASA streams. It's the aircraft rate that is lower with RA-AUS. ($100-120 per hour for dual).

 

 

[robinsm]

I trained in a school that did both with an instructor that did both, the difference is in the aircraft hire, not the hourly instructor rate.