[Sandy Reith]

Good thought to have all of GA singing from the one hymn book and considering that the industry is predominantly a variety of private enterprises, many impoverished, with a natural element of competition between them, then I think we did exceptionally well at the AOPA sponsored Wagga Wagga Summit.

There’s always a variety of claims which should be sorted and balanced by Government and through Government where the public interest comes into play. This is where our problem lies, they’ve left it entirely up to the independent, out of control regulator, CASA. Parliament has rubber stamped CASA‘S perverted rules and inappropriately migrated them, at CASA‘S behest, to the criminal code. An uninterrupted ‘tour de farce’ since it was shoved out of the Minister’s Department thirty three years ago.

The hard yards are making a constant effort to engage with our Representatives including State Senators. Arranging meetings, writing letters, engaging through political parties, and generally supporting other GA people and groups.

All the same agreed it would be ideal to have a single voice, but is it realistic to expect? I can think of many other business groups that have their own associations, but few if any that encompass such a variety the likes of GA.