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Post by Bruce on Feb 12, 2013 9:26:42 GMT 12
GA operations (especially private Ops) are in a dire position at the moment. with so many additional charges there are a lot of people getting out now, and very little coming in. Just look at the number of aircraft for sale on TradeMe at the moment. It is reaching the point where the number of participants drops to a point where itsnot worth supporting the infrastructure for those who are left. the fuel situation at Taumarunui is an example, but fuel facilities at small airfields nationwide are under threat becuase there isnt enough use to justify them. when they are gone, the remaining locally based machines may as well go too... Its not a great surprise that when talking to senior Airways Corp managers last week at their fees "consultation" meetings that they had not even considered the trickle on effect of accumulated cost increases - they were just looking at their own sector...
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 12, 2013 19:34:00 GMT 12
they were just looking at their own sector... Which is what public servants do, and get rewarded.. When they wanted to cut the costs of the GP subsidy, they did away with 'free' child GP visits. They thus saved money within that sector. Of course, low-income parents then did not take their kids to a GP when the kid had a minor illness. When the minor illness became severe, they then took the kid to hospital A&E. Thus the hospital budget soared. That of course was absolutely of no concern to the public servant in charge of the GP budget. He achieved his targeted cost savings, and got well rewarded for doing so.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Feb 19, 2013 10:04:49 GMT 12
My last medical cost $651 all up, the only 'extra' was resting ECG. Next year I think I have to renew almost everything apart from the ECG. So glad I am not paying to learn to fly right now.
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