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Old 15th Dec 2018, 20:02
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If I may be permitted a segue about a CPL test some time ago conducted by a CASA examiner who had a reputation for failing applicants on any grounds he could devise on the spur of the moment. His name was Cyril. The applicant this day was a bloke I knew called Jim. They were on a cross country over rugged sparsely populated country when Cyril closed the throttle and said "Engine has failed. What are you going to do?" Jim went through all the laid down checks and procedures. Was not allowed a restart so set himself up for a convenient paddock miles from the nearest homestead. On short final Cyril said go ahead and land. After they stopped and shut down Cyril said you have landed on an ALA Authorised Landing Area without the owner or operater's permission and that is a breach of regulation blah blah blah. . .. Jim said nothing. Cyril got out and walked over to a tree for a slash and a smoke. While so doing Jim started up, took off and headed back to Melbourne. The next week he was in Queensland where he found a school and a testing officer of another calibre to sad Cyril, who may have been by then still walking home the long way.
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