Chatting with a flying counterpart a week or so ago, they mentioned they wanted to try flying Austria one day.
"You can't."
"What do you mean?"
"HPAC paraglider ratings are not recognized in Austria, IPPI card or not."
"Huh?"
"It appears our licensing system wasn't judged to be up to par. The Brits, Swedes, Germans all ok. Us, not so much."
A discussion followed suit on how best to bring this to the attention of HPAC and see if there is a way to address. The rating system went through a recent overhaul and surely would match up against the best Europe has to offer (at least thats what we were lead to believe).
Then a few days later, a posting by one of the HPAC SIs (a Senior Instructor - the folk who set the standards for our ratings):
I think the Austrians are onto something.
"You can't."
"What do you mean?"
"HPAC paraglider ratings are not recognized in Austria, IPPI card or not."
"Huh?"
"It appears our licensing system wasn't judged to be up to par. The Brits, Swedes, Germans all ok. Us, not so much."
A discussion followed suit on how best to bring this to the attention of HPAC and see if there is a way to address. The rating system went through a recent overhaul and surely would match up against the best Europe has to offer (at least thats what we were lead to believe).
Then a few days later, a posting by one of the HPAC SIs (a Senior Instructor - the folk who set the standards for our ratings):
I think the Austrians are onto something.
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