Longrass, if you can’t get a difinitive answer out of the regulator, you’re definitely not going to get a definitive answer out of the pprune society.
If this whole idea all becomes too hard, you could always approach an operator like us who has everything you need. Good planes, good pilots, an AOC, all of the insurances and we fly to Arnhemland almost daily.
Benefits of this include:
- Not having to look over your shoulder for CASA.
- The ability to focus on the job you have been contracted to do.
- Not having to deal with an aircraft owner who wants a minimum amount of hours on their aircraft to make it worth their while.
- No insurance setup/issues with who covers what.
- No parking/hangarage/airservices fees.
- No account setup with fuel suppliers in Arnhemland.
- No issues with staff who may (rightly or wrongly) think that you’re not experienced enough / focussed enough to be flying them around.
- No maintenance scheduling.
etc etc
Negatives:
- You don’t get to fly / get the hours.
- You have to pay a charter operator.
Just a thought, good luck with whichever way you decide to proceed.