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  1. robinsm
    religion and politics dont have half the interest of this thread. Jab engines and Casa tend to cost a lot of money if they go wrong. (as do other engines of course). Hip pocket equals interest.
  2. robinsm
    So what about those with past ownership, major expertise, retired pilots etc. No skin in the game...dont understand the allusion?
  3. robinsm
    Sorry gandalph, the man owns the site, he can do as he pleases. I think you comment is way out of line and you owe the man an apology. He is allowed to get upset every now and then, after all, he funds the site and keeps it running.
  4. robinsm
    The people in this country have given Mr Stiff the business he has today because they believed the publicity and bought his products.
  5. robinsm
    Going to be a hell of a court case if it comes off. Got to feel sorry for the average man/woman who believes in supporting australian companies and purchased Jabiru. If the Camit engine is so good, how come jabiru branded ones are so bad. (if they are given the large amount of engines out there).. What percentage are we talking about. Fairly irresponsible to publish this without decisions being made. One way of spreading dissention and panic for no good rteason. All very well to say fit a rotax but who is going to be paying for that? Lets wait for all the facts before killing the fatted calf...
  6. robinsm
    would have got it except for the medical rules, wanting me to jump through very expensive hoops for a minor issue 6 years before I applied. Dont know about easier, and definitely not cheaper.
  7. robinsm
    andy, I have received 3 bills for landing fees so far from Raa Aus (ex avdata) that I did not run up. I proved they were not mine and they were withdrawn by avdata. How much did that cost us (Raa Aus) to do this for no result, (I always attempt to pay fees if I can.)
  8. robinsm
    If people just paid their landing fees there would not be a problem, after all, some of the forumites here think that we should be paying more anyway so what the heck. Try dodging landing fees at an airport where cta charges apply, which arm and leg do they want....just saying..
  9. robinsm
    You might try getting the Albury rules changed, might be easier than getting CASA to agree with all CTA. after all, I fly in and out of all sorts of Airports where passenger aircraft fly. Bathurst, Broken hill, Inverell, Armidale but to name a few. Just because someone sits in a tower shouldn't make it harder than doing it yourself.
  10. robinsm
    Not a priority for me, I fly a recreational aircraft, not a pseudo GA aircraft. Why the hell would I go head to head with a twin engine thingy or a 747 because I could. You want CTA, go GA.
  11. robinsm
    2 stroke has always been there... had it on my cert for 7 years now...
  12. robinsm
    why would you not be surprised? Stood me in good stead for journey of over 3000km with many legs??
  13. robinsm
    Dont drink, dont smoke, next suggestion...?>??
  14. robinsm
    Oh well, if it gets too high there will be my aircraft for sale, resignation from Raa and I will take up boating, cheaper in the long run...
  15. robinsm
    David, I am real, the funds only go so far. If you have bottomless pockets then so be it, but some of us have to actually save money to be able to fly and enjoy the sport. $40 per year may not sound like much, but then hanger fees increase, flying training fees increase, landing fees at some of our airports are out of control and so on. May be chicken feed to you but not to others...
  16. robinsm
    Not all of us are company directors/ millionaires/rich bug.ers. Some of us work for a living and the yearly cost are a large expense for the average person. Any large (and $40 per year comes into that area) cost has to be weighted against continuing to fund a sport we love. With hangerage, aircraft costs, certificate costs, landing costs etc. Pain level can be reached fairly quickly.....just sayin' A furthur point, any suggestion of an increase "only for the time it takes to make the changes" is dreaming. Once the increase is in place, historically, they are never removed...
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    I disagree with the increase. We have a situation where we pay for our certificates, pay for our aircraft rego. (over 200 per year combined) Membership is meant to include a magazine etc. We had an increase one or 2 years ago and promptly gave some idiot a golden handshake after employing him to do a job he never did. Why dont we use the available funds efficiently and correctly. Temora next year has been cancelled, they are looking at scrubbing the on shelf magazine, lets apply the savings back to the members instead of going in for a money grab.
  18. robinsm
    so if the magazine is canned, will we see a reduction in membership fees as that part of your membership has disappeared. I believe the magazine is part of the whole membership deal and as such, if it goes then we should be entitled to a reduction in membership fees. How do I stand with this opinion you legal eagles??
  19. robinsm
    I dont have a problem with paying them to attend board meetings at the normal places, if you read my posts you will find that I object to junkets etc. Board expenses are necessary, but lets keep them normal, especially when the powers to be are mooting another fee increase, looking at cancelling/reducing the magazine publication, etc.
  20. robinsm
    Yep re read it, still doesn't explain the junket outside Temora and Canberra, courses can be run in the office just as well. However, Methusala's comment is noted. My hat is off to those who do the governance job, its just the expenditure I am querying, not the people...
  21. robinsm
    With a perfectly good base in Fyshwick and a supposed flyin each year, why do we need to fly people all around the country and accomodate them when they can have the meetings twice a year any way. Lethbridge, jacobs wells and melbourne, yep, centres of civilization all. Can I carry bags to the next one and enjoy the extra to?
  22. robinsm
    If you are ever around Goulburn, we can do that also (Xair). Had my own close call.
  23. robinsm
    What the hell happened to just getting into an aircraft and flying for the fun of it. I thought it was called RECREATIONAL (you know, fun) aviation. Where the hell did the empire builders, golden handshakes, drunken GM's and bureaucratic bul..it come from. Some people need to take a big step back, get a reality check and think. The early guys in this sport did it for the sheer fun of it, why aren't we?
  24. robinsm
    They've taken it off as a test to see if they can save money so the empire builders can do something else with the money to loose it...
  25. robinsm
    "carry the debt till we can implement a system to cut staff wages" theres the quote. I would have thought efficient and proper management would fix things. So we throw more staff on the unemployment line. I give up...
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