Mach E
I hear you, been a long time recipient of Flight Safety training, sort of makes OZ style GA training look like kiddies playing in a sand box. I envy the airline guys with the resources they have available.
Its really all about economy of scale unfortunately. There are a lot of things I'd like to do, but time and a budget unfortunately play against you at times.
As I mentioned we are perhaps the first in the market with this "Toy" as you call it, I call it a "giant Coke can powered by two hair dryers", but regardless it still offers a level of safety way above its older competitors.Hopefully we can continue to grow its utilisation to a level where a formal check and training program is sustainable, as I said we already run an informal one, we use a very senior retired airline C&T pilot for oversight, without the cost burden of CASA. In the near future we are hopeful that a Flight Safety type simulator will become available in Australia which, if it is available to us, will solve a lot of the cost issues.In the mean time CASA could surely help encourage the move to modern,safer aircraft by taking responsibility for oversight and standards, I have no problem, in fact I would encourage them to fly with us, at the end of the day its all about safety.
Regards
David