training in your own aircraft

[clouddancer]

It is essential for any RAAus member to understand that the CAOs (95.55 for three axis, 95.32 for weight shift and 95.10 for single seat), have been around for almost as long as RAAus has (or the AUF for those who remember that).

CASA has always set the rules to operate an RAAus aircraft and while the organisation has spent many many hours, days and years arguing with CASA, in the end, the regulator (CASA) is the boss of Australian aviation, not RAAus.

Expecting anything different after 40 + years is never going to happen.
Read the rules, understand the rules, go flying following the rules and you can enjoy the privileges.

[BrendAn]

4 minutes ago, clouddancer said:

It is essential for any RAAus member to understand that the CAOs (95.55 for three axis, 95.32 for weight shift and 95.10 for single seat), have been around for almost as long as RAAus has (or the AUF for those who remember that).

CASA has always set the rules to operate an RAAus aircraft and while the organisation has spent many many hours, days and years arguing with CASA, in the end, the regulator (CASA) is the boss of Australian aviation, not RAAus.

Expecting anything different after 40 + years is never going to happen.
Read the rules, understand the rules, go flying following the rules and you can enjoy the privileges.

Thi is just a repeat of the last page and out of context to what I was looking for.  It's already sorted.

[BrendAn]

2 hours ago, clouddancer said:

It is essential for any RAAus member to understand that the CAOs (95.55 for three axis, 95.32 for weight shift and 95.10 for single seat), have been around for almost as long as RAAus has (or the AUF for those who remember that).

CASA has always set the rules to operate an RAAus aircraft and while the organisation has spent many many hours, days and years arguing with CASA, in the end, the regulator (CASA) is the boss of Australian aviation, not RAAus.

Expecting anything different after 40 + years is never going to happen.
Read the rules, understand the rules, go flying following the rules and you can enjoy the privileges.

The reason I said this was out of context was because you are assuming I know nothing.

I was actually looking for an answer to a specific question which no one at raaus has ever told me in our discussions.  And it is not mentioned anywhere in the member portal. I now know it is in the casa rulings.sorry if I came across a bit harsh but I thought your post was quite condescending.

[jackc]

16 hours ago, clouddancer said:

It is essential for any RAAus member to understand that the CAOs (95.55 for three axis, 95.32 for weight shift and 95.10 for single seat), have been around for almost as long as RAAus has (or the AUF for those who remember that).

CASA has always set the rules to operate an RAAus aircraft and while the organisation has spent many many hours, days and years arguing with CASA, in the end, the regulator (CASA) is the boss of Australian aviation, not RAAus.

Expecting anything different after 40 + years is never going to happen.
Read the rules, understand the rules, go flying following the rules and you can enjoy the privileges.

Rules can be open to change, the methodology of communications and negotiations are the key. Arguments achieve nothing, establish credibility with what you see as a problem or a change you want made, THEN back that with offers of solutions and suggestions.

If you don’t have a go, you will never know 🤩

CASA are making some changes in respect to a certain part of Aviation, I can’t reveal but was initiated by putting up a case, to improve future aspects of the rules, to modernise the relevant Part in question. 
Whilst CASA make the rules for RAAus, right now there are questions about the future of RAAus as a result of impending legal outcomes?

Be aware that if the worst comes to the worst, CASA probably have a plan to cater for that, too. 

 

[BrendAn]

1 hour ago, jackc said:

Rules can be open to change, the methodology of communications and negotiations are the key. Arguments achieve nothing, establish credibility with what you see as a problem or a change you want made, THEN back that with offers of solutions and suggestions.

If you don’t have a go, you will never know 🤩

CASA are making some changes in respect to a certain part of Aviation, I can’t reveal but was initiated by putting up a case, to improve future aspects of the rules, to modernise the relevant Part in question. 
Whilst CASA make the rules for RAAus, right now there are questions about the future of RAAus as a result of impending legal outcomes?

Be aware that if the worst comes to the worst, CASA probably have a plan to cater for that, too. 

 

raaus assure me they are pushing casa to allow homebuilts to be used for training whether the owner built it or not.

[BrendAn]

On 19/04/2025 at 5:23 PM, Blueadventures said:

Hopefully an instructor can advise the rules about this.  I may be incorrect with the following; I believe that the initial training to solo and certificate is to be on a factory aircraft.  Then subsequent endorsements may be in a 19 aircraft that you own; and its up to the instructor if they are happy to fly in such aircraft.  I may be incorrect here so await knowledgeable advice.  Cheers.

i just have to bite the bullet and get that rpc. gets disheartening when you have been trying to get it for so long because instructors keep moving on to other things.

seems to be a transient job in gippsland. i went in a texan today with a cfi that is not going anywhere. he said i am nearly there. so fingers crossed it might finally happen.

[jackc]

20 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

raaus assure me they are pushing casa to allow homebuilts to be used for training whether the owner built it or not.

It’s a good idea but, all it takes is 1 person to chuck a spanner in the works, egos, personalities, department politics, all play a part.

Logic and commonsense does not always apply. Remember Human Beings are involved 🤩

[Red]

On 23/04/2025 at 5:42 AM, BrendAn said:

i just have to bite the bullet and get that rpc. gets disheartening when you have been trying to get it for so long because instructors keep moving on to other things.

seems to be a transient job in gippsland. i went in a texan today with a cfi that is not going anywhere. he said i am nearly there. so fingers crossed it might finally happen.

 

Is there a lack of Flight training availability is your part of the world?.

Something that a few people do over here in Britland is go somewhere like Portugal and do an intensive course for a licence over there sometimes combining it with a holiday, it is usually quicker than over here due to our crap weather.

 

Is something like that feasible for you?, I realise the distances involved will be much larger but life is short get on with it.

[BrendAn]

2 hours ago, Red said:

 

Is there a lack of Flight training availability is your part of the world?.

Something that a few people do over here in Britland is go somewhere like Portugal and do an intensive course for a licence over there sometimes combining it with a holiday, it is usually quicker than over here due to our crap weather.

 

Is something like that feasible for you?, I realise the distances involved will be much larger but life is short get on with it.

I don't plan on going to Portugal if that's what you are suggesting. I am nearly finished my RPC now. Found a reliable instructor who is there every day. 

Before I could only get instructors who were there to build hours . They would all Leave and then you had to wait for another one to come along.

[T510]

5 hours ago, BrendAn said:

Before I could only get instructors who were there to build hours . They would all Leave and then you had to wait for another one to come along.

This seems to be a big problem from what I am hearing. Lots of older instructors retiring and no new blood filling the vacancy combined with the hour builders who have no interest in instructing apart from the ability to build hours quickly

[BrendAn]

3 hours ago, T510 said:

This seems to be a big problem from what I am hearing. Lots of older instructors retiring and no new blood filling the vacancy combined with the hour builders who have no interest in instructing apart from the ability to build hours quickly

i feel for clubs and schools. if they offer enough money to keep instructors they lose students who can't afford to pay more.

but it doesn't seem to matter what hobbie or sport you look at most are facing the same problems.

[T510]

Does anyone know what the going hourly rate is for a RAAus flight instructor?