PILOT & AERODROME QUESTIONNAIRE
Please help. GAAC (in the UK) has commissioned a survey
on the economic benefits of small aerodromes. This
will help in planning applications, where often a question
is asked about what impact an aerodrome would be expected
to have on the local community, businesses, etc. Lots
of powered aircraft pilots have completed a questionnaire,
but few glider pilots so far. We need to see a representative
sample of our inputs too.
The questions are intended for pilots living in the
UK. They are framed for power pilots and professional
aviators, but if we put in the best we can, it will
be a helpful response.
You will need to refer to your pilot log book(s).
Personal data will be used for research purposes only
and on a strictly confidential basis.
The standard format asks for a CAA licence number,
but for glider pilots there is not one - just leave
it blank or insert 'gliding' in the central box.
The types of questions include:
Section (A) – Basic Data about you and your flying
………
Age, Sex, Years as a qualified pilot, Home postcode
etc.;
Section (B) – Multiple choice questions about you and
your flying ………
Reasons you originally learnt to fly, Type(s) of flying
you do as a leisure pilot, Approximate cost of your
leisure flying each year, etc.
Section (C) - About your choice of aerodromes ……….
The questionnaire is available on line at:
http://www.gaac.co.uk/survey/
Feel free to email me if you have any questions before
filling it in.
I have already completed it and included in the comments
box at the end: 'This questionnaire is not at all well
designed for some 8000 glider pilots who do not fly
CAA-registered aircraft and do not have the 'mandatory'
licence number. Similar limitations would affect air
users such as hang and paraglider pilots, and parachutists,
who all use airfields and have economic effects, Together,
these groups encompass perhaps 20,000 people - and
whose aircraft certainly run into several thousands.'
Chris N.
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Chris J Nicholas