RAAus shuffling positions

[skippydiesel]

1 hour ago, BurnieM said:

 

The separation of GA/RAA instructors is likely to continue as I believe you need a CPL for GA instructor and many RAAus instructors are not interested in going this route. 

So why (other than poorly thought out regulation) can not a GA (CPL) instructor do a Controlled Airspace Endorsement for a RAA pilot???

I prefer an experienced instructor rather that a 25 year old building hours before he goes to the airlines.

Well the best instructor I had, when doing my Tail Wheel Endorsement, was a very young Instructor (younger than my Sons) - left the grizzled old boys in the starting blocks.

 

The reality is,  the syllabus for training a pilot in Australia, is functionally the same no matter RAA or GA. It has to be - we all fly in the same airspace so the same system / understanding, applies to all pilots.

 

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Edited Sunday at 12:05 AM by skippydiesel

[jackc]

1 minute ago, skippydiesel said:

The reality is,  the syllabus for training a pilot in Australia, is functionally the same no matter RAA or GA. It has to be - we all fly in the same airspace so the same system / understanding, applies to all pilots.

 

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But RAAus must product their OWN training manual, even IF they plagiarise the content from somewhere else? For their Controlled Airspace Endorsement Training?  

[FlyingVizsla]

Voting starts 3rd September 2026 for two Board positions. 

 

There are three candidates - Andrew Scheiffers, James MacDonald and Shawn Donaldson.  If you are a member you will have received an email with a link to a Live Stream Wed 2nd Sept.  Log on to RAAus - Governance - 2026 Board to view each candidate's statement.  You can also email them for further info.

[skippydiesel]

45 minutes ago, jackc said:

But RAAus must product their OWN training manual, even IF they plagiarise the content from somewhere else? For their Controlled Airspace Endorsement Training?  

IE bureaucratic duplication/inefficiency - its no wonder Australia struggles to be competitive in the wider World.😈

[skippydiesel]

34 minutes ago, FlyingVizsla said:

Voting starts 3rd September 2026 for two Board positions. 

 

There are three candidates - Andrew Scheiffers, James MacDonald and Shawn Donaldson.  If you are a member you will have received an email with a link to a Live Stream Wed 2nd Sept.  Log on to RAAus - Governance - 2026 Board to view each candidate's statement.  You can also email them for further info.

Got any reasoned recomedations?😈

[rodgerc]

 

[skippydiesel]

Not about to "live stream" any time soon 😈

[facthunter]

Gives you time to get organised.  Nev

[BurnieM]

So Andrew Scheiffers is the owner of Learn2Fly Canberra a RAAus/CASA flight school and charter operation and is a current board member.

 

Overview of others ?

 

[T510]

On 30/08/2026 at 6:12 PM, BurnieM said:

So Andrew Scheiffers is the owner of Learn2Fly Canberra a RAAus/CASA flight school and charter operation and is a current board member.

 

Overview of others ?

 

Seems a bit of a conflict of interest owning a flight school and being on the board of the regulator

 

James MacDonald works in telecommunications as a company director and has been flying since 2004 and an RPC holder since 2025

 

Shawn Donaldson in a flex wing pilot who has been flying for 18 months and is the CEO of an IT company