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mine was from +61408538621 aka mobile 0408 538 621. possibly from an SMS service who do bulk SMSs on behalf of clients. In this case it would be RAA itself. The message is usually brief to save money. I get crap all the time from my local club.

There is a call for nominations to the AOPA Board out there now - an opportunity for someone to make their mark on AOPA. There was once a person on both the AOPA Board and RAA Board - it was the RAA Board that kicked up a stink and forced the Board member off the RAA Board. A grubby little affair. I think the relationships are much better these days but you would have to ask the RAA Exec how that actually pans out in real time.

"they were not interested in RAA or LSA aircraft" can you provide an authoritative source for this?

Cessna SIDS is costing a bomb - but I can't engage in a debate about actual need. In the face of its own stupidity CASA will probably ban Rotax engines to remove any pressure to lift the constraint on Jabiru and therefore look very, very silly.

We all know that spoilers and airdams make an Hyundai Excel go like the clappers and handle an F1 racer.

what are you saying? where is the other thread?

It seems what you want is an executive summary. The issue of a PDF is neither here nor there in terms of readability. Do you want an unformatted text file or in some obscure format that is unreadable on most browsers or computers. A PDF ticks all my boxes.

The project Eureka Report can be found at http://www.aopa.com.au/

Sometimes it is a bit like a marathon - you grab every bottle of water and every snack as you go past that drink stop. I would grab the RPL and then snatch every other endo on the way. You can then be well assured that when you get the runs up to do the PPL Flight Test you will be well and truly prepared. If you are getting 90% in the Bob Tait exams maybe it is time to get that exam out of the way as well so you can concentrate on flying, your flight test and your PPL KDRs. A well prepared student always impresses a testing officer. Best of wishes.

As passing thought. Under Corporations law we can have well supervised companies like Queensland Nickel and Dick Smith or we could register as a trade union and get mugged by every right wing politician, their running dogs and the shock jocks and have expensive enquiries under the workplace relations act. If you want supervision and procedural fairness I am not sure I would get it under the Corporations Act. Just a thought.

I haven't seen the transition arrangements but the board might not survive beyond the end of June if the new constitution gets up. It is not the first time the board has cancelled an election. It appears the desire of the proponents that the new organisation takes over from the old at the end of this financial year. Where that leaves the old board is interesting. How they propose conducting an election to the new board before July is still a mystery. Perhaps, get the special meeting to appoint the new board but importantly, who will be appointed, is still a mystery. Maybe the NQ Rep will remain to take out the garbage from the old board.

AVIATION INDUSTRY RALLY - TAMWORTH AIRPORT - Tuesday 12/04/16 @ 11am An important message from AOPA Australia ... WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT We encourage pilots & aircraft owners to attend. Please find included in this email a letter which was sent to the Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, with regard to the state of affairs, for small to medium sized aviation enterprise, for the electorate of New England. There will be a rally/Meeting at Hangar 6, Tamworth Regional Airport, Tamworth NSW 2350, Australia, Tuesday 12th April, 11am-1pm. This event will be attended by: Mr Benjamin Morgan – CEO of Aviation Advertiser – Australia Mr Dick Smith AC Representatives of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Representatives of the Recreational Aviation Australia Inc Representatives of the AMROBA Aviation Businesses of the New England Electorate Private Pilots and Aircraft Owners of the New England Electorate OBJECTIVE OF EVENT: To communicate to the Australian Government and the electorate of New England the dire state of the small to medium sized aviation industry and the need for immediate and broad regulatory reform (see letter to Hon Barnaby Joyce MP). This event will be an opportunity for the media within the New England electorate to engage with Aviation Industry leaders and to Q&A them with regard to the dire situation within the small to medium sized aviation industry. For further information, contact; Mr Benjamin Morgan Chief Executive – Aviation Advertiser Mobile: 0415 577 724 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 8th April 2016 The Hon Barnaby Joyce Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Australia. The 94,000+ Users of the Aviation Advertiser Network Dear Minister Joyce, NEW ENGLAND DEMANDS AVIATION REGULATORY REFORM. Aviation Advertiser (http://www.aviationadvertiser.com.au) is Australia’s largest online aircraft marketplace and has been operating since 2008. Our digital services are used by over 94,000+ persons across Australia and New Zealand. We provide the Australian aviation industry with aircraft sales, marketing and advertising services. Aside from our commercial activities within aviation, our organisation also works alongside Australia’s leading aviation associations and peak-bodies. Standing with industry, with regard to leading advocacy and developing regulatory reform. Aviation Advertiser has recently acquired an airside facility at Tamworth Regional Airport, that forms part of our national aircraft sales, marketing and aircraft maintenance network. We will be working alongside Tamworth Regional Airport and the aircraft owners and pilots of the New England electorate in helping develop regional aviation and employment. Through the course of normal business, Aviation Advertiser is in direct regular communication with a broad spectrum of aviation users. Students, recreational, private and commercial pilots, private and commercial aircraft owners and aviation businesses. Many of these hard working men and women reside in your electorate, New England. Constituents whom are desperately concerned for the future of small to medium sized aviation in Australia and for the future of rural communities that depend on their services. As a result of successive failures by both the Labor and Liberal Governments to implement balanced and appropriate aviation policy over the past 25 years, the aviation industry in Australia has been forced into decline and soon - total destruction. The cause of the aviation industry’s decline is clear and is virtually unanimously agreed on by Australia’s leading aviation associations, peak-bodies, businesses, pilots and aircraft owners. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority regulatory framework. A regulatory framework which has been forced on the Australian aviation industry, with total disregard as to the imposed costs and damage it would inflict on the aviation economy. If the situation continues without change, CASA will soon have achieved a result, no other aviation regulator in the world would have thought possible. A totally 100% safe aviation industry - whereby nobody flies unless you are a domestic or international airline. Across Australia private owners, farmers and primary producers are being forced to sell off their aircraft and exit the aviation industry - as a result of excessive compliance costs. The knock on effects now being felt by maintenance providers, fight training schools and support service companies. The economic loss and impact could run as high as $500 million, with thousands unemployed. Is the destruction of the small to medium sized aviation industry in the interests of Australian Agriculture portfolio or the constituents of New England? Across regional Australia, local airports are desperate for small to medium sized aviation to connect and service their communities. Local Governments want to see their airports become economic drivers for their shires and regions. Bringing to their communities growth, employment and opportunity. This will not be possible until the Federal Government comprehensively reforms aviation regulation. Provides an economic pathway for growth and opportunity. I have now worked as part of the aviation industry long enough to see Ministers come and go. Ministers whom hide behind white paper studies, who refuse to give direct answers to industry and who fail to provide informed policy direction or leadership on the issue of aviation regulatory reform. Ministers who perceive aviation safety to be a ‘witches brew’, far too complicated to become politically embroiled. The hard working men and women in the aviation industry in this country deserve better and demand leadership. I shall be in Tamworth from Monday 11th to 13th April 2016 for a range of newspaper and television media engagements and would like to meet with you to discuss the above. If you could please make time to meet with me, both I and the aviation industry would appreciate it. In the meantime, if you would like discuss any of the above, please feel free to contact me on 0415 577 724. Best regards, BENJAMIN MORGAN Chief Executive - Aviation Advertiser Digital Group Telephone: (02) 8215 6292 Mobile: 0415 577 724 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: PO BOX 465 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia. ====================================================================== Get social... Follow @aopa Australia on Twitter Our mailing address is: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia PO Box 26 Georges Hall, NSW 2198 Australia

I would join to importer, distributor and seller into any action as they might also share any culpability for this situation.

You can provide comment. Aaron provided his email further down the email. I am not sure about Marc de Stoop's email address. "noreply" addresses are provided as a primary filter against spambots and accidental replies. This saves a human mailbox getting filled with crap and accidentals. Real replies would be self addressed to Aaron or forwarded to someone else. I am not sure the "Eureka" is just Marc's opinion. It is more likely to be the considered opinion of a group of people and sent with the authority of the AOPA Board, as is proper. I can't find the "Eureka" on the AOPA website. Can you share? Col

I think the question at this moment is: who writes,enacts and changes the various charters, bylaws, rules etc that are not explicitly tied into the constitution and what role does the rank and file (aka, the masses) have in the process?

I'm not sure that RWY is all that precient. Just download it again and authenticate via the subscription panel and then download the maps and other stuff you need. I had to replace a nexus 9 and it didn't complain at all. I had a second copy on a samsung 5.

Hmm, interesting. Get in touch with Spencer Ferrier - he is a board member of AOPA, he has had some involvement with RAA over the board shenanigans a couple of years ago, he is involved in the re-write of our constitution and, from his attendance at the Special GM, probably a member of RAA.

I read that as "RAA cert holders only need fitness to drive a motor car - the same should apply to RPL and PPL"

Well, it was "The Australian" after all.

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Can you see any reason why the current board shouldn't publish a list of desirable board traits and then resign so that the members might populate the board in the current arrangements with people to lead RAA forward, including sorting out a new structure. I keep getting the feeling that you lot think that you, yourselves, are collectively incompetent.

At the moment the only qualification is to be a member and be elected by ones region. How many of the current board, or past boards "displays an almost incomprehensible level of ignorance of both the responsibilities of directors and the requirements of the organisation." And more importantly, who are they? What is the criteria to be adopted and put into place to ensure that no candidate "displays an almost incomprehensible level of ignorance of both the responsibilities of directors and the requirements of the organisation" or are prevented from being elected?

Given that the board can only sample small isolated parts of the membership 13 does give it the ability to get a broader, considered view. Michael's suggestion that we have outpost commentators to gather member opinion and give feedback has got hairs on it. There are innumerable examples of membership reference panels, all of them are dogs and they were established to keep the members away from the levers of power. I note that the RAA machine has been around the world gathering opinions but has yet to turn up in Sydney.

That might be the intention but you will find that a board will identify to itself the sort of role that it wants to have. To a strong CEO a board is just another embuggerance, to a capable CEO it is Strategy, policy, governance and a sounding board, to a weak CEO, the board will either run the organisation or the organisation will go under (does that sound familiar?). Just because the text books and AICD says it is so doesn't make it so. RAA, and its ilk, should look to the union movement for guidance on member based advocacy organisations or the AMA (the medicos union) or The Pharmacy Guild (the Chemist Shop Owners).