03-12-2020, 10:58 AM
AOPA Oz recent regional airport advocacy activities - 
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
10 March at 20:08
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ARMIDALE COUNCIL CEO TARGETED IN VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
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60 Armidale Regional Council staff members have turned on the board's CEO, Susan Law, and other management. The group cast a vote of no confidence during a routine meeting with the United Services Union.
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
10 March at 16:44 ·
ARMIDALE AERO CLUB REPORT
AOPA Australia Members & Supporters,
Our association is proud to be standing in full support of the Armidale Aero Club in opposing unsustainable increases in leasehold rent!
The Australian tax-payer has gifted the Armidale Regional Council with some $13 million in federal and state government grants for its airport.
This investment by the Australian people was to improve access for the local community, but now council is demanding users pay more!
Justifying its demands for higher rents, the council states that the tax-payer funded $13 million in improvements have elevated the airports real-estate value, arguing the council must now seek higher returns from users.
Having refused to accept the council demands for a 462% in rent, the council issued an eviction notice to the Aero Club, which following strong media and community backlash was withdrawn yesterday.
The Armidale Regional Council has sought to bully the Aero Club, seeking to intimidate the community not-for-profit into submission.
Prior to today’s crisis meeting (held at the Aero Club at Armidale Airport) the council submitted a last minute revised lease which fails to take into genuine consideration the value of the community Aero Club to the Armidale region.
For 80 years the club has served to promote Armidale and to encourage aviation commerce and participation to the benefit of the local community. The club is an integral part of aviation safety, facilitating pilot mentoring and safety awareness. The club has funded its own facilities, which are made available to other local interest and charity groups.
I would like to thank the Councillors who attended today’s meeting, clearly demonstrating their support for local aviation. I commend the Councillors for standing up for community and offer them our full support.
I would like to thank the Armidale Aero Club for the opportunity to speak to the meeting and will be returning to speak before the next Council meeting.
More on this as it develops.
BENJAMIN MORGAN
CEO AOPA AUSTRALIA
Mobile: 0415 577 724
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
9 March at 17:26 ·
AOPA AUSTRALIA: WATCH THE CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL MEETING LIVE
NOT A MEMBER? WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Join today: www.aopa.com.au/membership
(From 01hr25min)
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
9 March at 13:03 ·
Maryborough Aero Club
9 March at 10:35 ·
Published Mar 25, 2019 4:02 PM maybe a year old but credible person in CEO of AOPA Ben Morgan ...Australia has been too long relying on its luck...Time to get smart.or be subservient to the rest of the world.
https://omny.fm/shows/ben-fordham-full-s...gQhQPvSgsM
MTF...P2
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
10 March at 20:08
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%...WHknfH16wA
ARMIDALE COUNCIL CEO TARGETED IN VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
60 Armidale Regional Council staff members have turned on the board's CEO, Susan Law, and other management. The group cast a vote of no confidence during a routine meeting with the United Services Union.
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%...L9y4B5rcJw
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
10 March at 16:44 ·
ARMIDALE AERO CLUB REPORT
AOPA Australia Members & Supporters,
Our association is proud to be standing in full support of the Armidale Aero Club in opposing unsustainable increases in leasehold rent!
The Australian tax-payer has gifted the Armidale Regional Council with some $13 million in federal and state government grants for its airport.
This investment by the Australian people was to improve access for the local community, but now council is demanding users pay more!
Justifying its demands for higher rents, the council states that the tax-payer funded $13 million in improvements have elevated the airports real-estate value, arguing the council must now seek higher returns from users.
Having refused to accept the council demands for a 462% in rent, the council issued an eviction notice to the Aero Club, which following strong media and community backlash was withdrawn yesterday.
The Armidale Regional Council has sought to bully the Aero Club, seeking to intimidate the community not-for-profit into submission.
Prior to today’s crisis meeting (held at the Aero Club at Armidale Airport) the council submitted a last minute revised lease which fails to take into genuine consideration the value of the community Aero Club to the Armidale region.
For 80 years the club has served to promote Armidale and to encourage aviation commerce and participation to the benefit of the local community. The club is an integral part of aviation safety, facilitating pilot mentoring and safety awareness. The club has funded its own facilities, which are made available to other local interest and charity groups.
I would like to thank the Councillors who attended today’s meeting, clearly demonstrating their support for local aviation. I commend the Councillors for standing up for community and offer them our full support.
I would like to thank the Armidale Aero Club for the opportunity to speak to the meeting and will be returning to speak before the next Council meeting.
More on this as it develops.
BENJAMIN MORGAN
CEO AOPA AUSTRALIA
Mobile: 0415 577 724
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
9 March at 17:26 ·
AOPA AUSTRALIA: WATCH THE CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL MEETING LIVE
NOT A MEMBER? WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Join today: www.aopa.com.au/membership
(From 01hr25min)
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
9 March at 13:03 ·
Maryborough Aero Club
9 March at 10:35 ·
Published Mar 25, 2019 4:02 PM maybe a year old but credible person in CEO of AOPA Ben Morgan ...Australia has been too long relying on its luck...Time to get smart.or be subservient to the rest of the world.
https://omny.fm/shows/ben-fordham-full-s...gQhQPvSgsM
MTF...P2