TOP 10 ISSUES
GAAC supports the work of the All Party Parliamentary Group for General Aviation
- DEVELOPMENT OF AIRFIELD PLANNING POLICY …TO ENSURE ESSENTIAL NETWORK OF AIRFIELDS AND EXTEND SAFEGUARDING
- AIRSPACE POLICY…. RESPOND TO MODERNISATION STRATEGY AND ACHIEVE A BALANCED APPROACH BETWEEN GA AND OTHER AIRSPACE USERS.
- PROMOTE GNSS APPROACHES AND INSTRUMENT TRAINING…FOR BETTER ACCESS TO GA AIRFIELDS IN IFR CONDITIONS, and PILOT TRAINING FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER.
- ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS …AND FACILITATE IN PART BY ENCOURAGING A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS.
- CAA SERVICE PROVISION IMPROVEMENT…SUCH AS IN THE SHARED SERVICE CENTRE, TO BETTER SERVE GA, FASTER ISSUING OF LICENCES etc.
- ADDRESS ATC STAFF SHORTAGES WHICH ARE CLOSING AIRFIELDS AT TIMES.
- RISK-BASED MEDICALS ENCOURAGE MEDICALS THAT SUIT THE TYPE OF FLYING THEY ARE FOR, and MUTUAL RECOGNITION AROUND THE WORLD e.g. USA.
- INTEGRATION OF DRONES INTO CIVIL AIRSPACE, AND DRONE SAFETY/AWARENESS.
- PROMOTE GA TO THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND PROMOTE WAYS TO HELP FUND TRAINING.
- ENCOURAGE PILOTS TO TRY MENTORING AND ‘WINGS’ SCHEMES, AND TO INTRODUCE OTHERS TO FLYING e.g. THROUGH AIREX FLIGHTS