Dragonfly
The latest bumper issue of Dragonfly is now available for download on the Dragonfly Online Page located in the members area of the Club's web site. The latest issue features thirty six pages full colour pages with interactive links, Jason's biggest issue to date, and one the the largest ever.
Reserve Parachute Re-pack
Steve Millson and Chris White will be overseeing a Club Parachute Re-pack on Thursday 20th March at 6pm at Our Ladye & St. Michael’s 10, Pen-y-pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire NP7 5UD. Further details can be found on page 4 of the latest issue of Dragonfly.
BHPA Membership Fees
The BHPA have just announced that their membership fees are going up this year.
"After eight years, during which careful financial control prevented the need for an increase in subscriptions, it has finally become necessary to raise BHPA subscriptions.
In reality the need has not arisen through rising costs, those have mostly remained well under control. This year we will experience two significant changes to our income stream.
The first is the effect of the 2012 Olympics and the removal of UK Sport funding for non-olympic sports. In 2008 our grant has halved and we anticipate that it will disappear totally in 2009.
The second change is that many years ago, when our insurance history was pretty poor, we entered into a profit sharing agreement with our underwriters. At the time there was no profit nor any prospect of any profit, only substantial losses for the underwriter. However, in the last two years, underwriters have finally seen modest profits from our business and our broker has invoked the long forgotten profit sharing deal. Unsurprisingly, having only just moved into profit and seen a substantial portion of that having to be returned to us, at the insurance renewal this year, underwriters declined to continue with the profit sharing arrangement. Changes in the law had also made the arrangement questionable.
The results of these changes mean that it has become necessary to raise subscriptions to the levels set out below. The new fees will take effect on 1st April 2008."
So from the 1st April 2008 BHPA Full Flying Membership will cost £84.00 per annum. This will be reduced by £7.00 if you hold a Pilot or Advanced Pilot rating.
Paul Dancey