circuitsun

Any one who would vote yes to this proposal is either asleep, totally apathetic, or dense as lead. Members have already lost most of their rights & influence after the coup changing to a corporate administrative model. To give away more of your last few rights, to simply & unnecessarily solidify the power of the entrenched "drivers at the wheel" to remove a director, effectively without recourse. Think ! down the track it may be a director you have supported/elected, who rebels & actually tries to work for the members. Do not give them more power, it is not necessary, and certainly not in the members interest. Keep your few remaining options open. Circuitsun

with the following PDF attachment Eligibility-Criteria-Update.pdf

just received this email from my asic card provider: WTH have you received this ?? http://veritasengineering.com.au/veritas-logo-(CMYK)-without-engineering.jpg Reference Number: VEA xxxxxx Important Notice: Updated Card Holder Obligations Dear xxxxxx As your ASIC issuing body, Veritas is alerting you to expected changes to the Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Act 2021 which will impact your reporting obligations as an ASIC cardholder. It is expected that from 23 August 2021, a person’s eligibility to hold an ASIC and work in the most secure areas of Australia’s airports will be assessed against new tiered and harmonised criteria. The introduction of the new criteria aims to strengthen the ASIC scheme and focuses on combating serious crime. The majority of current ASIC holders will be unaffected by the new criteria, however existing cardholders will need to self-report any prior convictions based on the new criteria to the Department of Home Affairs or to Veritas as your ASIC issuing body. Action Required Read the attached correspondence from the Department of Home Affairs outlining the expected changes to the criteria from 23 August 2021. You must do one of the following: A. If you have not been convicted of any offence, then you do not need to self-report (or respond to this email). or B. If you have a conviction for any of the new offences (listed in the centre column of the last page of the attachment) or if you’re not sure whether a conviction relates to the new criteria, please contact the Department of Home Affairs (contact details are listed in the attachment) or Veritas to avoid any penalty. If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please feel free to contact us for further assistance. Kind Regards, Veritas

Hey B , that looks suspiciously like a Bravo , yeah ?

Ah yes, I am still waiting for the Privacy commission's ruling on that one, I have not been paying attention lately & thought maybe there had been a another backflip to rescind that foul decision, always the hopefull ! Sorry about that, I'll just go back now & bury my head in the sand again. Cheers

I haven't been paying much attention to RAA antics of late, So would you mind enlightening me on this RAA backflip re landinf fees ..??? on the side, I've heard nothing from the Privacy commission!

Nope

Michael Monk is true politician, Very clever at looking good & carefully saying what will be well received. Quite a polished operator. BUT, MM is there for MM only, not for RAA, & certainly NOT for the members, they are the simple mug's that keep him in a job.

yeah I had one of those card detectors, bloody thing went black, so I threw it away. won't get another one of those !

That is very sad to hear KR, a real shame. I am looking for something else to do instead, [ gotta have something !] but so far, still looking looking looking....

Oh, thank you very much spacesailor, that's a novel idea ! ....... it is on the horizon.

Yes, I also spoke to M. Monk for some tine & was disappointed to learn the AAA agreement is for 3 yrs before review, & RAA legal team advised NOT to CEASE divulging our personal information. so is is business as usual. My complaint will also go to arbitration. Apparently one of the stipulations of this AAA agreement was, it was NOT to be used for backdated invoices. So I would guess anyone in that category could ignore those invoices. Again apparently, the airport involved was put on notice that any further abuse would block them from the RAA database. yidity yidity yidity. it is this sort of abuse of our privacy that I was concerned about enough to make the complaint. To give Michael his due, he did listen well & admitted it was handled badly, I suggested an apology to all members, we'll see about that, I suspect he will be gagged by legal advice. He did seem to take on board some of my suggestions and concerns. I will be waiting & watching, for some sign of changes in the wind,...... but not holding my breath. One thing that was confirmed by our conversation, was the almost total apathy of RAA members. Appears close to 90% don't give a shit about RAA governance, [ ..until it affects them negatively.] So RAA's policy direction is being driven by a very active minority. That is how democracy ends up working, & with apathy & laziness at these levels, we can blame no one but ourselves. Members will get what they deserve. I still believe, with a concerted effort from pilots, & administration, we could make a huge difference to landing fees, Avdata, & diminishing airfields, but while apathy reigns so supreme, things will continue as they are, with increasing landing fees & decreasing landing fields, not a real bright future.

I would give Ian credit for having sufficient intelligence, and maturity to know better than that rubbish. He appears to encourage a courteous debate of issues generally. Ie respect for other opinions. Not pointless bagging.

Absolutely brilliant, Awesome footage from the past, great post Garfly

KRviator summed it up very clearly for my complaint also OME, he is more eloquent than I