Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:58 pm
#1705535
Exactly.
Flyin'Dutch' wrote:Going back to what was written before, I would not expect for infringements due to a moment of inattention to be dealt with any different as a speeding offence due to a similar moment of inattention, ie a speed awareness course.
Flyin'Dutch' wrote:
Ditto for a CAS infringement and hope I only get the letter the first time. If it is the course then so be it.
Flyin'Dutch' wrote:Anyway, someone suggested that speeding offences were not unintentional - well the ones I did were a moment of inattention, I never speed intentionally.
profchrisreed wrote:Flyin'Dutch' wrote:Going back to what was written before, I would not expect for infringements due to a moment of inattention to be dealt with any different as a speeding offence due to a similar moment of inattention, ie a speed awareness course.
There is a difference though, as the analysis I posted before shows.
Infringements which don't cause loss of separation just get a warning letter (repeat infringements etc aside).
Infringements which do cause loss of separation etc get the course.
I've already said that I'm not comfortable with a system where the outcome of a breach of the law differs according to factors outside the infringer's control or knowledge. If it's OK, I'd like those running the system to explain why, in order to convince the regulated (that's us) that it's not a purely arbitrary choice.
G-BLEW wrote:- Three days loss of earnings and two nights in a hotel? There's a three month window to find a course close enough so that you can replace hotel stays with a working alarm clock.
- People go on the course because they have infringed, the fact that it was unintentional suggests that there might be something to learn (ie strategies for avoiding distraction etc. etc.)
Looking at the published numbers, is it really disproportionate?
Ian
flybymike wrote:As for the course preventing distractions, mistakes, inadvertent occurrences, momentary inattention etc, these are all part of the human condition and the solution to these lies with God not GASCO or the CAA.
flybymike wrote:Personally I’m the sort of chap who doesn’t glibly set his alarm clock and believe I can set off to a venue I have never visited before, with no knowledge of likely traffic delays, parking arrangements or locations and availability and cost for all day parking and any other variable unknowns. I would therefore arrange accommodation, leave the previous day, and make sure I had done the necessary reconnoitre lest the “late for the course” sword descends on me.