johnny3star

Well, you did ask?

Johnny, I am sure you don't have any 'hidden agenda' where it comes to the Quaich Eh? I only heard about the Quaich less than a week ago, I just wondered what it was that’s all. nor do you really have much interest in the BMAA Politics, that is blatantly obvious as you have never put yourself up for Election. As I’ve said, I don’t have any special (or vested) interest in it, and no, I’ve never stood for election. I am all for you having a passing interest in the competency levels of the elected council members, and any potential nominees. Good, I’m glad we can both agree this is a positive attribute of mine. I know exactly what my Faults are Do you mean repeatedly standing for election, knowing you have absolutely no chance of being elected? & I also know what my positives are, go on then, I’m all ears . . . . suffice to say my competency levels are streets ahead of the complacency levels of those who have been elected over recent years. However, despite this rather un-impartial assessment, you always received the lowest number of votes of any candidate in every single election you ever contested, how do you explain that? Were they all ‘fixed’ as you once alleged? The BMAA have been bothered by the fact that both myself & Rick were standing in the elections at the same time and they knew Rick & I together could change the dynamics somewhat, I think the BMAA membership as a whole were certainly concerned by 1. The gradual erosion of ‘quality’ council candidates, and 2. The annually recurring ‘screaming lord sutch’ type candidates? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch lets face it the BMAA didn't really want Rick either, I can’t disagree with your assessment of that. but the BMAA only exists still because Rick did get elected Yes he did, but only by default. If I recall, in 2012 there were four vacant seats, and only five candidates including yourself and Rick G Rick G was ‘elected’ by being the ‘least worst’ candidate. You (as usual) came last (and by some margin). & he was forceful enough to get changes made, I’m not sure what changes you are referring to? the biggest mistake the membership made was to oust Rick in favour of Deepak When Rick Gs 3 year period on council ended in 2015, he stood for re-election in the usual way. If I recall there were three available seats, being contested by six candidates (including yourself). Deepak, Bremner and Grimwood were all elected with 395, 373 and 341 votes respectively. Rick G got 291 votes, Adrian Jones got 269 votes, and you received 112 votes. (Deepak received the highest recorded votes ever & yet the opinion from a fellow Council Member is " He has done nothing of any consequence " ) Deepaks 395 votes in 2015 were nothing unusual, and certainly not the highest recorded votes ever. In 2011 Paul Dewhurst received 668 votes In 2012 Dave Bremner received 552 votes In 2012 Rob Grimwood received 535 votes In 2011 Chris Draper received 524 votes In 2011 Paul Welsh received 511 votes I am glad everyone is entitled to voice their opinions, Me too I would put a lot more provenance on your remarks if you had ever stood for a position but alas you haven't Well, your remarks would hold a lot more weight if they were factually correct, instead of sounding like the deluded ramblings of someone with an anti-BMAA axe to grind. so I am at least someone who stepped up to the plate Yes, over and over again, despite consistently receiving the lowest votes of any candidate, every time instead of sitting back and opining on something you haven't had the volition to try yourself. I am sure you understand the saying " You have to be in it to win it " There are always runners up in every competition, are you saying that anyone who thinks or knows they might be the 'underdog' shouldn't compete in anything just to give the other entrants an easy time. I honestly believe that Lord Lucan, or even Red Rum would’ve consistently got more votes than you did. I will publically say that whenever there were complete deadwood standing for election I would stand just to stop a shoehorning of the deadwood back into seats without a bunfight ;-) I think that was also Screming Lord Sutch’s motto? Conceitedly I know I would have been better than any of the current council members Unfortunately, despite having numerous opportunities to elect you, the membership disagreed. because I am an outspoken & controversial type of guy No shit, Sherlock who can't sit in a cosy chair doing nothing ( a trait that every council member has now ) Even TV is losing his desire to do anything because he has 7 bits of deadwood around him. I also have the upmost respect and admiration for Terry Viner Anyway, it is all ancient history now so let's focus on the future & the future is Bright. OK, please disregard my comments, see you for a beer on Fly-UK cheers JM

For admin/mods clarification, I’ve only recently become aware of (and registered on) this forum. I was directed here, during research into an unknown (to me) aircraft type, recently registered for the annual Fly-UK 2017 jaunt, that I usually participate in. Link here if anyone’s interested http://www.fly-uk.co.uk/fly-uk/ Other than being a standard BMAA member, I have no special interest in the associations politics. However, I usually attend the AGM, and take a passing interest in the competency levels of our elected council members, and any potential nominees. In general as unpaid volunteers, most do a pretty good job. I certainly don’t have any ‘hidden agenda’, and being accused of being a “pudding stirrer” is frankly a bit rich, particularly when considering both the threads main subject, which is a one-sided public anti-BMAA rant, and who began the ‘discussion’ in the first place! As with many things, there’s often an alternative view Cheers JM

Hi folks I've recently found this forum and joined up. I'm in a UK Nynja syndicate. It's very interesting to read about the differences between UK and Oz based aircraft, particularly Nynjas, great photos too! Heres a link to a youtube video of our build in 2015. cheers JM

Peter Whether the BMAA really run roughshod over their members is certainly debatable. However, I’m not aware of any other individual excluded from membership, it would be interesting to know if this situation is unprecedented? Either way, in practical terms, not being a BMAA member doesn’t cause any real problems for folks wishing to fly microlights in the UK, even PTF’s can still be obtained for aircraft registered on their fleet if you know how, and I’m sure you do. Reading between the lines, I’m guessing this ‘exclusion’ has more to do with the annual BMAA council elections? As you know, one particularly stubborn, serial candidate who, (despite invariably receiving the lowest number of votes every single year by some margin) kept re-standing, and was making the elections something of a pantomime. I understand this individual is, for some reason, no longer standing in the BMAA council elections? Either way, it's all a storm in a teacup and life's too short. As a fellow flyer, I look forward to having a beer with you somewhere on Fly-UK later this year. All the best JM

Who read Section S for you, and then figured the undercarriage complied? Stevie Wonder? JM (Just for the record, the ‘gayest’ thing I ever do is occasionally listen to an Elton John CD)

IBob, Here's the link to the UK's Section S document, a 99 page PDF http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/Cap482BCARSIssue%20631May2013(p).pdf Cheers JM

Hi Peter, Yes, Bob Hood was extremely grateful for your assistance on Fly-UK last year after his mishap. I was asking about your exclusion from the BMAA, and didn’t know what the current position was? You’ve obviously ruffled some feathers in Deddington towers? Cheers JM

Is this the aircraft that's registered for Fly-UK 2017?

So what happened in the end then?