MPA
Elite Veteran
Location: Australia
| Glenn
I am aware there is another person with an OC.
Not seen any existance of him or his work, web site, business etc but Ive heard there is someone else with an OC.
Your mates claim about writing a few manuals and its all a snap are taken by me with a grain assault, they way I hear it from others its aint the case at all.
While there is no fee for the certification there are compliance costs in getting the level of certification.
No-one should have to do any of it period.
Nor have to re-new it each year as required.
If anyone thinks they should then who might that be.
Not sport fliers I hope, that would be the pot calling the kettle black and they'd do well to stay out of RPV and UAV regulations lest some in the UAV and RPV arena start making recommendations on the activites of sport fliers that sport fliers would not like I can assure you.
As far as easy to get an OC that is not true.
CASA goes a way to discourage it.
Ive been waiting 2 months now just to get an "OC package", still hasnt come.
Ive been wating over a month now for answer the the hard questions from Mal Walker at CASA, seems he has no answers.
Only threats.
http://www.aero.usyd.edu.au/wwwboar...wboard_uav.html
That said it is possible things may change at CASA before it gets to that.
The Minister has just handed CASA a NEW Charter.
http://casa.gov.au/hotopics/other/03-12-23and.htm
Might explain why last month Mal Walker announced a review of the UAV regs coming soon.
But his claims there with that statement are in denial of a number of facts so who knows what will happen.
The CAA regulations are already there in the UK, that we can adopt, they do not complicate the operations of anyone at our level or operations and in that alone they appear to be working.
CASA ignores them and claims they need their own which totaly ignores their claimed commitment to ICAO and CASA simply wishes to continue to obfuscate the need for certification and the procedure itself.
In that, "each applicant is processed on individual merit"
Meaning if CASA dont like you youre rooted.
There is no standard procedure to simplify it for everyone.
They just remove the hard parts as they see fit, from what Ive seen in the inconsitency in certification it's according to how much you bend over.
The line about them serving the fare paying public by forcing RPV operations into the dark is just crap, RPV operations are NOT in "controlled air space" where the fare paying public is.
This OC for RPV doing aerial photo or video is a waste of our time and CASA time that cost us tax dollars that doesnt go to a better cause.
Now CASA has a new charter and must show its worth to the tax payer lets see what comes in the new year.
It cant get any worse for RPV.
But CASA is only one part of the bigger problem getting RPV and UAV off the ground for payment in the civil sector.
There is no point in trying to get in first on competitors in this business because simply put, until there are many more operators here in Aus there will never be any acceptance of it and it will remain for occasional uses only to those it is plied to or the few events one might solicit to perform.
The more who operate, the more likely it will become know to those who may use it, the more all involved stand to make from that.
The ones trying to carve a lone path the capitolise on some fantasy they will get the advantage are simply fooling themselves and are of 0 help to anyone else.
Imagine if sport fliers all took that attitude.
We need a greater number of UAV and RPV operators by a large order or we will be forever in the dark corner, those that keep to themselves are only doing themselves harm.
Those that seek to exclude others to have some advantage will find they have no advantage at all and are simply killing the industry that if seen by more potential users of it, would see them get more work.
In regards to seminars, actual OC holders do not run the seminars, thats the big joke, the academe at our tax backed universities who dont have any OC nor will ever get one are all the ones running the seminars.
http://www.aero.usyd.edu.au/wwwboar...wboard_uav.html
Where are all the findings Doc Wong?
A question asked of him by others not just me.
Id like to ask where is all the money paid to him from the seminars, what did that go to. A look at the venues listed says a lot.
There is far too much fantasy going on with RPV and UAV in Aus and it seems to serve a sole few, and I dont mean OC holders.
It suits CASA to have everyone experimenting not actually operating.
So long as they are in research they can operate under Subpart G without any wasting any of CASA's time, when they decide they have a viable operation CASA has regs to ensure most wont and therefore most wont be wasting CASA time with OC compliance issues.
CASA can perpetually point to the research groups and say
"see look there is UAV being developed" and we are involved.
What they dont say is that once it is matured it wont be allowed to operate without unresonable obstacles placed before it by CASA.
The result of which means we still only have 3 OC holders in Aus and 3 times that number ceased doing it.
We UAV and RPV operators and those intending to need total transparencey in CASA and I for one am going to persue it till they are up front and everyone here knows the score and there is no doubts left.
My taxes pay them and I want results for my taxes not hinderance of my right to free trade in my own country and am in the proces of seeing what the dept of trade has to say on it.
Let us see what transpires in the new year.
Hope you have a good one. |
