Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
Thanks for the last two posts. Time will tell
No. I would not open a training business because the present Australian regulatory regime would send it into bankruptcy
Well you had your time at the top of the tree so why did you not fix it then and leave a legacy?
Tax breaks would be a start.
The problems with Merredin is they are asking the impossible.Anyone who has the high qualifications to be their chief pilot will never settle for an airport in the middle of nowhere.
The job is only open to Australians who have probably better things to do with their ratings such as go and fly for an airline.
I have never understood why the Australian government demolished its thriving GA after 9/11 by imposing hefty security regulation on the foreign pilots who used to support all the self fly outback tours plus those who wanted to do their flight training in a warm climate.
If people like Dick Smith can't be bothered to fix it with all his contacts who can?