ABOUT AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA

OBJECTIVES OF AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA

To increase the safety of aviation in Australia
To influence legislation in a manner which improves safety, increases flexibility, and reduces costs
To provide a well-researched, rationally-presented, forcefully argued voice for pilots in Parliament
To give Parliament confidence that what ASA presents to Parliament as the view of Australia's pilots really IS the view of Australia's pilots
To work with government, CASA and AirServices to communicate the benefits of proposed legislative changes so that genuinely beneficial change is welcomed, not resisted
To defend the right of any pilot who is accused of an offence to be tried by a Court if he/she wishes
To co-operate with other aviation organisations pursuing the same goals as AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA

Click here to learn what politicians are saying about AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA.

MEMBERSHIP OF AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA

Membership is open only to pilots, but is open to all grades of pilots from Airline Pilots to Student Pilots
Membership is free
Members may withdraw at any time
All members agree to participate in political action when required by Air Safety Australia, or to inform Air Safety Australia that they have not done so and the reason why not
All members agree to send thank-you faxes when requested by Air Safety Australia to politicians who help us.
All members agree to come to the aid of any fellow-member who is threatened with punishment without trial.
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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Representation to Parliament
High quality research
You gain the Protection of Numbers against loss of license for alleged breach of the law unless found guilty by a Court.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Do I have to leave AOPA, or the SAAA, or the AUF if I join AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA?
Absolutely not. All AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA provides is representation to Parliament. We do not provide any of the other many benefits of organisations like AOPA, the SAAA, the AUF and so on. So you should stay with any other organisations you belong to. You may wish to tell your other organisations that you do not want them to provide Parliamentary Representation, but there is no reason at all to terminate your membership. By joining AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA you will greatly reduce the risk that the leaders of other organisations will secretly take positions which are against the interests of their members. The positions AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA takes are always taken openly, with the full knowledge of members, and (time permitting) after consultation with members. AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA is an open organisation.

JOIN US - YOU'VE NOTHING TO LOSE, AND YOU'LL GAIN TOP-FLIGHT REPRESENTATION

AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA does not guarantee results - but our people have a superb track record of obtaining results in the Parliament. We have high skill levels, sound judgement, and boundless energy. You only have to look at what our people have achieved since June 2000 on aviation legislation, namely

Flight Manuals - got a 2-year extension in the life of the Aussie Flight Manual
Aircraft Registration changes - got the proposed changes disallowed in the Senate

We do not say these were due to our people alone - they were not - but we do say that without the initiative and involvement of our team neither would have happened.
What's more, we point out that none of the old Aviation Representative organisations opposed those changes. The only old organisation which took part at all was AOPA - and it supported CASA on both issues. We beat CASA and AOPA combined. This says a lot about AOPA's lack of judgement (in supporting CASA against its members) and its ineffectiveness (can't even win when allied with CASA).

AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA does guarantee to keep you informed by fax, internet, and e-mail.

AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA does guarantee that we won't do a Neville Chamberlain on you. We guarantee that the only way CASA will buy us off is by providing benefits not for a few individuals but for our members as a whole.