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I m writing CASA and relevant MPs for suggestions to fix……

Knowing that law is not founded on logic, it’s a no go ! But WOW, I sure would get some publicity, become well known, might even get into Parliament 🤩🤩 Trump managed to make it, could be hope for me, yet 👍

The way it is, my tenure with RAA will not continue, because I have an alternative pathway to continue on, like many of us do. Being a member of an organisation, who treats Stakeholders with disdain, is not on my agenda. Aviation and anything attached to it should be enjoyable with much camaraderie, I don’t see RAA, providing that, in the future. I don’t have much life left to waste…….

As a man said to me on the phone today, you can drive your unregistered car with no license on your own land because you own it. He suggested I remove the numbers of my aircraft, and fly in my own airspace because I own it, with no registration and no pilots license🤩 I wonder how I would go in front of the beak, on that one👍👍

Special General Meetings are generally convened for the purpose of solving any concerns, The membership may have on the direction of an organisation and to work out plans, to solve any issues relating to those concerns. They are also used to plan future direction of the organisation in its future. This is not necessarily about tearing the organisation down but to correct problems within it however. I was the President of one such organisation in another hobby where people forged signatures to convene a special general meeting. Those people having personal interest in destroying the place. For me it was simple as President . I spoke to the committee and told them of my total concerns in remaining President and all of the committee and myself decide to resign in total immediately, and gave a time for that and published that time and we all walked away from the whole organisation and left them to it. Not my doing, but many other members decide to form a new organisation which I simply joined as a member and in within 2 years I I was made President of that organisation and we continued to further our activities as we wanted in the previous organisation and did so for a number of years. I was made life member of the same organisation, and in between all of us. We made it something really worthwhile so yes some good can come out of tearing organisations down for want of a better description and it’s an unfortunate thing to ever have to do, and I would never want to do it again in my lifetime.

Neglect in duty of care to Stake holders, as we are known as………

And those white ants that are still there? Should immediately be removed, in the best interests of the RAA’s future……..

Hope they lose patronidge and make even less money. IF they employ greed tactics. Maybe it time to start a ‘Do not fly to list’ Tell them, if their rules don’t exist in ERSA, they can’t be enforced. 👍

Can members call a Special General Meeting, the CEO emailed me, saying we are all Stakeholders? I am not so sure that is possible under the current constitution which I have been told was illegally changed some time ago. We can all sit on the forum and complain OR simply smile as we cop it up ther rear most facing orifice. If RAA goes down? You all get ready to just fly paper planes across your lounge room, using a pedestal fan, to generate a cross wind 👍 Those of us that can go the VH pathway can simply leave RAA, no more registrations a more friendly MARAP scheme under SAAA.

Maybe so, but that’s no excuse now for simply all the members to bend over the table and cop it. It’s time the Empire struck back NOW. Members? call to ARMs 🥷🥷

Hope the place gets black listed, and no one patronises the place 👍

Start with system run by 300,000 members under the sanction of the FAA that works. The cronyism in RAA was started by all the members who changed RAA fro being incorporated 🤢 We all slept with Fleas 👎👎

First up, the Pilots actions sadly caused his own demise. However, the people involved in this debacle within RAA, by their own silly actions have now resulted in a legal disaster, for the organisation and themselves. CASA, made a mistake by outsourcing the responsibility for managing our sector of aviation to a third-party, namely the RAA. It all looked pretty rosy until the RAA ditched incorporation and went private company and from then on it has gone simply backwards.. it should’ve been written in the original agreement that the organisation of RAA could never be changed from being incorporated. as many of the old people will tell you, the greed in RAA started from the moment became a company . Certain aspects of the constitution were changed to give people advantage, within the hierarchy. Lots of secret squirrel stuff going on behind closed doors in RAA that the members never knew about, not to mention conflicts of interest I would allege. Go back and talk to some of the old board members of the organisation, I won’t say what I know here. CASA are going to have to deal with this like it or not, and from what I know, there have been discussions with concern over the current situation. Personally, I don’t care if the perpetrators of this legal disaster all end up living in Tents, because they all knew what they were doing at the time was totally wrong and then trying to hide everything from a Coronial Inquest. it is up to the DPP if they want to proceed with legal action but also consider the legal action from the family as well, only in time will the findings be known? The RAA’s performance and a lot of things of recent times have shown me that they are not doing a very good job of promoting aviation considering the AUF days it came from. The only thing that can save the RAA now is to completely replace the whole hierarchy in the board, and start again with a fresh slate. if this is not done CASA will have to take it back over and make a battle plan for another method of overseeing our sector in Recreational Aviation. Hint CASA? Immediately adopt the FAA FAR Part 103 system from the USA and build on that.

Declare an Emergency? HAVE to land there? Probably get fined for that, too 🤢

Pilots Will start turning off their ADSB and not use radios, maybe even turn off transponders near some of these airfields and that’s the last thing we need………

From what I know CASA has this whole fiasco on its radar, probably time will tell. We will always be flying, but the game may change?

I received this information today. I think maybe th members need to consider a Special General meeting of RAAus in light of this. Suggest IF you want further information please call the writer. RAAus future is at stake here… There is an urgent matter that all RAAus pilots and aircraft owners need to consider. If left unresolved this issue will adversely impact your right to fly light sport aircraft. CORONERS INQUEST Final Report - Jabiru Accident Mount Beauty. In his report the Coroner, Paul Lawrie, has recommended legal action be taken against RAAus. He has referred this matter for prosecution to the Department of Public Prosecutions in Victoria. The key matter has been the stated issue of a pilot certificate and endorsements without adequate pilot training by RAAus and the withholding of information that should have been released to the Coroner. The responsible RAAus officers in this matter, previous Operations Manager Ms J.Bailey and the RAAus Chairman Mr M.Monk. Over the last 40 years of RAAus’s existence we have never had such such an adverse report made against our organisation. It is estimated over $300,000+ of member's money, that is your money, has already been spent on legal and associated costs by RAAus.The losses continue to accumulate. Unfortunately there is no end in sight for the actual and planned legal proceedings being taken against RAAus. RAAus will become insolvent if current and future legal claims made against it are successful. Despite the obvious need to do so the Coroner's report has not been published by RAAus for its members. Even a link to the Coroner's report in a RAAus newsletter has not been made available. I believe most would see this is an attempt to keep the report a secret. So why does this report matter to you? RAAus may have its licensing approvals suspended or terminated by CASA. Control of sport aviation may be handed back to CASA. Your flying privileges may be adversely affected should this occur. So what can any RAAus member do about this catastrophe? Firstly please consider the serious issues that now confront RAAus. Please also forward the Coroners report and the Australian Aviation Magazine article on to other interested RAAus members. If enough RAAus members chose to be informed and be involved in we will be able to effect change. You can have your voice heard by supporting common sense reform of RAAus and how it operates. Please see this as a call to action, let me know by return email if you are prepared to let you voice be heard. What is needed is sufficient RAAus members calling for action to resolve the significant problems we are now facing. The Coroners report and Australia Aviation article have been enclosed as PDF copies to download …. Regards Rodney Birrell Save the RAAus team. RAAus member #35 0422-446622 Victorian Coroners Inquest Report - Jabiru Aircraft Accident Mt Beauty, Victoria

A friend phoned me this afternoon with details sadly he has severe spinal injuries 🤕

True, but it’s a demographic that Aviation in Australia should at least attempt to put the mat out for ALL Aviators

This is how the Pro’s in America do it 🤩 https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-fly-in-flying-to-oshkosh/ultralight-arrivals

Probably in part to do with restrictions in Australia. Oshkosh in the U.S. even provide an airstrip for the FAA FAR Part 103 aircraft to fly in, to the World’s biggest Show 🤩 Don’t even need a pilot’s licence to do it 👍

Well I opened my magazine and had a quick read, bypassed all the plastic fantastic wallet draining stuff. One article piqued my interest, think I need to write an article for the mag?

I checked, I can change my T300 to VH rego? If I want to go that way. RAA are gong to steadily lose a lot of aircraft to VH rego over time.

Something tells me the MARAP process is going to turn into a control freak operation.😥 over time?

WELL, take an FAA FAR Part 103 ‘holiday’ to the U.S. 🤩