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AOPA Oz CEO Ben Morgan from Cirrus CX 2023 -  

Via AOPA Oz FB:

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia

CIRRUS CX 2023 CONFERENCE LAS VEGAS



Wonderful to be joining the Cirrus Australia team and AOPA Australia Directors Ross Harrison and Marc De Stoop at CX2023 Conference in Las Vegas this week.  An impressive line up of speakers today, including aviation safety ambassador and aerobatic champion Mike Goulian.

MIKE’S HEADLINE TIPS FOR A LIFE FLYING
- Know your personal limits and don’t break them
- Build routine and never break it
- Professional pilots, it’s all about attitude

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CIRRUS CX 2023:  GLOBAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PARTNERS

Kicking off today at a major Cirrus Aircraft Maintenance Centre Providers from around the world  at CX 2023 Las Vegas, with over 770 participants from 22 countries in attendance.

It has been a great opportunity to meet the global leadership team, learning more about the Cirrus business and the worldwide opportunity the SR and SF series aircraft are providing.

9,365 Cirrus aircraft have been delivered globally, with the SR series rated the best single engine light aircraft for 21 years consecutively.

Cirrus are rightfully excited about the future of their company and product which are at the forefront of general aviation worldwide.

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FORMER FAA ADMINISTRATOR, STEVE DICKSON:  AVIATION REGULATORS OUTSIDE OF THE US NEED TO REFORM TO GET GA GROWING

Today’s panel discussion with former FAA Administrator, Steve Dickson, was an incredibly refreshing experience, hearing how the US FAA has moved from away from an enforcement culture to that of a proactive voluntary disclosure environment, seeking to improve aviation safety through mutual respect and encouragement with the aviation industry.  Mr Dickson went on to discuss how essential regulation reform has delivered a resurgence in general aviation participation.  He also discussed how the US is leading the world in aircraft manufacturing and innovation, all driven by reform!

He went further, publicly calling out aviation regulators (external to the US) as failing to reform away from enforcement cultures that have proven not to work, failing to reform key regulation that has resulted in hindering GA activities in those countries!

Cogent observations and sensible advice from the former FAA Administrator of the worlds largest, most complex and most successful aviation economy!

Imagine how Australian aviation would look, if Mr Dickson was in charge of CASA?  Australia needs this kind of experience, thinking and vision!

MTF...P2