10-15-2022, 09:24 AM
Wombat correct, note the insults, “sniping” and “sidelines.”
Binskin:- “But rather than sniping from the sidelines, that sector will need to be flexible and embrace the path that leads to the best overall outcome for the aviation community and, ultimately, this country.”
Is Mr. Binskin ignorant that, firstly, the “sidelines” as he puts it is in reality the vast majority of the working General Aviation community?
Do the “sidelines” include the 3000 signatories to the Change.org petition requesting government to “save General Aviation Aviation from bureaucratic destruction?” Not to mention the volumes of accompanying statements containing the considered thoughts of hundreds of GA professionals?
Do the “sidelines” include the following?:-
Glen Buckley (just one of numerous outstanding examples).
AOPA Australia, and including all that have participated in its several GA conferences.
The dedicated GA personnel who provided 269 submissions to the 2014 Government’s Forsyth inquiry.
AMROBA and its indefatigable management that continues to produce detailed and constructive policy reports in the hope that a future CASA Board, CASA CEO or Minister might one day begin to make the reforms that should be made now in the National interest.
Perhaps the 611 respondents to the AVMED consultation invitation, the vast majority asking for reform of this broken, unnecessary and expensive current administration of the medical certification process.
Do the “sidelines” include the Senators Sterle, McDonald, Patrick and others who have criticised CASA?
Or maybe the Board has noted the politely muted guffaws, shaking of heads and incredulous gaping mouths from over the Ditch and further across the Pacific from numbers of overseas GA participants. Cast them as snipers too?
In conclusion, completely overlooking the many thousands of voluntary hours of carefully constructed advice for desperately needed reform, Mr. Binskin asks us, in so many words, not to complain. Rather like an exhortation, “The beatings will lessen if you stay quiet.”
Binskin:- “But rather than sniping from the sidelines, that sector will need to be flexible and embrace the path that leads to the best overall outcome for the aviation community and, ultimately, this country.”
Is Mr. Binskin ignorant that, firstly, the “sidelines” as he puts it is in reality the vast majority of the working General Aviation community?
Do the “sidelines” include the 3000 signatories to the Change.org petition requesting government to “save General Aviation Aviation from bureaucratic destruction?” Not to mention the volumes of accompanying statements containing the considered thoughts of hundreds of GA professionals?
Do the “sidelines” include the following?:-
Glen Buckley (just one of numerous outstanding examples).
AOPA Australia, and including all that have participated in its several GA conferences.
The dedicated GA personnel who provided 269 submissions to the 2014 Government’s Forsyth inquiry.
AMROBA and its indefatigable management that continues to produce detailed and constructive policy reports in the hope that a future CASA Board, CASA CEO or Minister might one day begin to make the reforms that should be made now in the National interest.
Perhaps the 611 respondents to the AVMED consultation invitation, the vast majority asking for reform of this broken, unnecessary and expensive current administration of the medical certification process.
Do the “sidelines” include the Senators Sterle, McDonald, Patrick and others who have criticised CASA?
Or maybe the Board has noted the politely muted guffaws, shaking of heads and incredulous gaping mouths from over the Ditch and further across the Pacific from numbers of overseas GA participants. Cast them as snipers too?
In conclusion, completely overlooking the many thousands of voluntary hours of carefully constructed advice for desperately needed reform, Mr. Binskin asks us, in so many words, not to complain. Rather like an exhortation, “The beatings will lessen if you stay quiet.”