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By: - 7th June 2009 at 19:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I know its a bit "out there."
But how about getting rid of controlled airspace.....
By: - 7th June 2009 at 20:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think getting rid of controlled airspace would cause alot of safety issues.
By: - 8th June 2009 at 10:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
One idea I'm pushing to become 'the norm' is to get more value out of the 2-yearly meeting with an instructor.
Here http://www.higherplane.flyer.co.uk/bfr-ground.pdf is my current menu of 'hot topics' that I now show to anyone coming for a 2-yearly instructor flight. Some items will not be relevant to that pilot, some will already be known, but it's a trigger mechanism for individual pilots to say that they want to know more about items on it.
The list is also up on the pilot's noticeboard at my airfield so pilots do not actually have to wait two years to find out about something, it can trigger them to come for a briefing at any time, but they will definitely get the opportunity every two years.
For example at an strut talk I was giving I met a pilot whose 'strip' is under an ILS at a major airfield where a 'listening squawk' is being trialed. He hadn't heard of the concept before but thought it a great idea. My concern was that these sort of things are not being discussed as part of the 2 yearly session with an instructor, which was seen as just a flight when it could be so much more. Not everyone follows forums or has time to read magazines
By: - 10th June 2009 at 11:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Just for info, the same thread is on the following forums in case you want to see/compare what different groups think (no significance to the order other than the order my browser tabs were in today):
flyer: http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=55671
bmaa: http://www.bmaa.org/forums/default.aspx?f=15&m=53417
pilot: http://www.pilotweb.aero/cs/forums/1712591/ShowPost.aspx
laa: http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=1371
today's pilot: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=91479
Posts: 78
By: FlyOnTrack - 6th June 2009 at 13:04
Any 'new' ideas for reducing infringements? for I've been pushing 'use Mode C if you have it' campaigns, radar replays to 'educate', visits to ATC units, etc, and currently trying to encourage better bienniel training sessions as 'the norm', others have pushed TMZs, cheap GPS with free updates, and other ways, including looking at changing airspace.
Now there are all sorts of reasons why pilots infringe, so does any one have other ideas that haven't been well aired that could improve things and lead to fewer GA infringments?