http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24254905-5001028,00.html

"TRAINEE pilots should practise in regional areas away from urban
centres, Victorian Premier John Brumby has suggested."

The guy obviously has no idea of the financial reality faced by many
would-be pilots.

Sylvia.

Sylvia Else wrote:

Who, in authority, has said that being a student pilot makes someone a cause
of an accident? I haven't seen any such report and I suspect that 'Idiot
Brumby' hasn't either.

Bloody dumb-arse politicians!!!!!!!!

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:11 +1000, veritas coldmail.com>
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"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
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I gave the attached to our media man but I suspect he will release something
less agro:
The airfield was there first and has always been a training field therefore
many of the concerned locals may be...

Moby wrote:

On Aug 28, 1:29 pm, Sylvia Else wrote:

Should that be his major concern? Besides the financial reality is
that it is usually significantly less expensive to learn to fly away
from the big ariports like Moorabbin and Essendon.
Terry

On Aug 28, 6:33 pm, "Sr20goer" live.com.au> wrote:

terry wrote:

But not practical for those who have to continue to earn a living to pay
for their training.

Sylvia.

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On Aug 28, 6:33 pm, "Sr20goer" live.com.au> wrote:

SNIP
Brian , I agree with the sentiments re the airport being there first
and it should stay there, but I do question the need for basic
training to be undertaken at such a busy airport as Moorabbin. When
you teach your kids to drive you dont take them to Bourke Street , you
find a nice quite area where they can concentrate on the basics of
handling the vehicle without having to worry too much about the
traffic. I think it does make sense to have the basic training say to
GFPT level done outside the major airports. As you know there are
plenty of places close to Melbourne where this phase of training could
be undertaken.
Geez I know in my training at Bacchus, just having those pesky gliders
around was off putting enough.
Just my 2 cents worth
Terry ...

Sylvia Else wrote...

And reading the posts in here over the years neither does CASA, ASA and the
federal government which regulates general aviation in this country.

Bumby's a dick. He saw an opportunity for a political point scoring exercise
then makes the "it'd be great for regional economies" throwaway line.