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4D and the roundtable GAAG Fest -  

Although we have Sandy's summary of the AOPA GABFEST at Avalon...

"..Attending the AOPA Pacific Forum at Avalon on Thursday one could be forgiven for a feeling of being underwhelmed. Coming off a slow start, in part due to an unusually foggy morning, chairman Spencer Ferrier introduced the four speakers who had ten minutes each to address the audience of about sixty (?) mostly GA people.


Mr. Carmody repeatedly stated he would act on evidence based proposals. He said that there were 40,000 pilots. We know this is not true. We know that years ago licences were deemed to be "perpetual", and the question has been asked before does CASA take note of those licence holders who have died? But this has little to do with how many pilots, that is those with current medicals, let alone those who fly regularly. In a dying industry the CEO of CASA should be across the facts, should be aware of the evidence..."

...we are yet to have any positive (or otherwise) feedback filter through from the (IMO) more important 1st Ministerial GAAG fest (see above)...

However 4D did let slip on twitter that he was indeed in attendance:

https://twitter.com/DarrenChesterMP/status/837431068219203584

..I just told aviation Roundtable @AvalonAirshow We need to get more women flying/engineers/careers in Aust..

 
WTD?? -

I could have gone on with a tweet rant on that total NFI pollywaffle; but I was somewhat surprised and pleased to discover that two fellow tweepers had already picked up on the ill-informed miniscule's tweep:

Outdoor Rec Party‏ @outdoorrecparty
 
@DarrenChesterMP @AvalonAirshow Heavy handed regs and bureaucracy at CASA has driven General Aviation down. Cut that and GA will "take off"!
 

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Liberal DemocratsNSW‏ @LibDemNSW
 
@DarrenChesterMP @AvalonAirshow Get rid of CASA red tape. Cut aviation costs Get more pilots of both sexes into General Aviation.

  
(P2 comment - Note that both tweets were from political parties...   Well straight up I'll be looking for them when next time we go to the polls - Hmm I may even put my research hat on and do a preview for Aunty on them... )

Finally on that 4D tweet I note that AAAA's Phil Hurst, who was more than likely in attendance at the GAAG fest, also responded with a possible solution to the miniscule's tweet quandary... :

Phil Hurst‏ @PhilHurst62

Phil Hurst Retweeted Darren Chester MP
TAAAF policies cover the 'how'. HECS for pilots.

 
MTF? - Definitely!...P2