Which stands for Recreational Aviation Administration Organisations (RAAOs). CASA has been very busy getting all twenty something of these organisations under one roof and ensuring that our governance procedures are up to scratch. For those interested in reading John McCormick's speech. (John is the boss of CASA - formally is the Director of Aviation Safety. I have in this post a couple of very useful and important links that help understand the way the relationship between CASA and RA-Aus is heading.

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I went to a CASA safety presentation the other day. John Bradley, Steve Allen, Vince Cassaniti (late again), Ron Lawford, Skippy and myself made up the TEFC representation at the presentation, again hosted by the extremely professional Peter Ball who chaired a great presentation by Mark Richardson (Richo) who is no stranger to Darwin or these presentations.

Follow the more link to find out how to access their eLearning material...

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CASA will be holding a free seminar in Darwin on Wednesday 5 May.

It will cover the changes to rules at non-towered aerodromes, effective 3 June. Also the GAAP to Class D changes, too.

The schedule below is copied from the CASA website, complete with type ( can you find it )

To register, visit the following link...

http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_100087

Northern Territory

A couple of weeks ago I attended the board meeting for RA-Aus in Canberra. This meeting saw our new CEO Robbie Costmeyer involved in the board meeting. Most of what can be published will come through the magazine, but there are a couple of items that are worth sharing here.

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This evening I attended a CASA safety seminar organised by Peter Ball of the Darwin Office of CASA. I think we were all surprised by volume of people who attended and refreshingly the youthfulness of the attendees.

It was interesting to note that the younger pilots in the main were the GA pilots flying possibly older aircraft and the RA-Aus contingent were older pilots flying newer aircraft.

There were at least 73 attendees there as that was one of the numbers drawn out of the lucky door prizes - More on that later. We had Barry H, Barry S, Michael C, Alan and Dianne, Ron and Annabelle, Greg, John B, myself and Joe representing TEFC membership.

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I have copied this from Lee's email so if you accidently delete your email or forget where you put it... here it is...

As you may already be aware, a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) was issued on 28th September by CASA on the dual topics of:

- mandatory carriage of radios at non-towered aerodromes or in the vicinity

- changes in CAR 166 & 166A governing operations at or near non-controlled aerodromes.

Regulatory amendments are not expected to be effective until early 2010, if the changes go ahead. A brief summary of the proposal and CASA’s view point is given below but we do recommend you read the NPRM yourself for full details. (There is a neat, single page, summary of proposed changes on page 8 of the document.)

This is your opportunity to express your opinions to CASA. So follow the link below to the CASA website, read the NPRM and have your say. CASA will accept comments via email, fax, post or through CASA’s online comment facility – details of these can be found at the bottom of this webpage: http://casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:PWA::pc=PC_93417  The deadline for replies to CASA is close of business, 23rd October 2009. Please do not reply to this email as the address is not monitored.

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