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Hullo Vince Mike's reply pretty well covers it. RAAuS staff have developed both a training syllabus and a set of conditions to govern ops in controlled airspace. This material was presented to CASA and is reported to have been well received. It is very reliably reported that CASA staff made it abundantly (and humorously) clear that our existing medical system is regarded as eminently satisfactory. The material will form part of the next version of our ops manual which is currently expected to be distributed to members during this year. It might be worth noting here that CASA, and indeed society in general, regards Regular Public Transport operations as being the top safety priority. Next would be commercial passenger carrying charter ops. A few rungs lower would be RAAuS flying schools and commercial 'adventure flights' in so called 'war birds'. Near the bottom would be RAAuS 95.10 single seaters and single seat hang gliders. In keeping with this prioritisation of safety, the regulation of each activity becomes less demanding and the oversight activity less draconian as we work our way down the scale. At the bottom of the scale a pilot must control every aspect of safety to his/her satisfaction. At the top end, a pilot has very little control over maintenance aspects of the operation and many aspects of the planning and conduct of a flight are delegated to others. Cheers Fred

Wonderful news! Control Zone qualifications will NOT require a change to our current excellent medical system. Hooray for that. Why on earth any of you wished to impose formal medicals on the membership is beyond me, and happily, CASA also could not comprehend that one. So lets all be happy and find something more interesting to discuss. Ra Ra

We have a very carefully thought out medical standard and method of compliance. It was carefully crafted to meet the political imperative, whilst at the same time being easy to administer, with reference to the aim of keeping it simple and cheap. Medical exams are wasteful of the pilot's time and money as well as being a dubious use of a doctors time. Medicals constitute a disincentive. This is ultralighting, not GA, and this medical system is one of benefits of our system. In return, we accept a two person limit to control fatality numbers, and so the government cuts us some slack. This limit is of course the same whether you fly a Drifter or a plastic rocket. There is no point in revisiting this subject as it was worked out to perfection by the AUF and CAA (CASA) many years ago. Fred

Run away from this idea. You are on a hiding to nothing. You cannot, as a moral position, offer your flying services to an unsuspecting public without disclosing the risk factor. In your case this would rate as high. Therefore the prize would typically have to be described as say, 'a ride in a home made, experimental type aircraft with a 67 year old amateur pilot. An as for the legalities.....better you than me..... Please understand that this is not a personal attack. Cheers, Fred