Treat us Like Adults
Kreisha Ballantyne is one of the most recognisable aviation writers in Australia. With experience writing for several aviation titles, Kreisha has a broad base of experience, an ability to tap into important general aviation issues and a talent for expressing in simple terms what everyone is thinking. An active pilot, she lives and loves aviation.
It was a day that gave gravitas to the expression, “got up on the wrong side of the bed”. It had rained for 10 days straight–the cloud base was lower than a politician’s morals–and I had canceled two flight reviews. Between COVID and the weather, it had been so long since I’d flown that my ASIC had expired before I could collect it from the authorised depot. My medical was now long overdue and I couldn’t face renewing until I knew there’d be a break in the weather.
My house was starting to go green (and I don’t mean
