Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
What could a “ business case” have anything to do with this? This is air safety!
CASA gives primacy to safety!
Are you suggesting that that in this case they have considered the cost of the safety improvement more important than the safety improvement?
Not CAsA, no. Garmin. There are more G3X owners in Australia than there would be WireAware users, yet those G3X owners can't even get an Australian airport database for their systems from Garmin. It took a
Dynon owner - me - to get one out there. If Garmin won't even provide an
airport database, I reckon you've got buckleys of getting a powerline one.
Originally Posted by Dick Smith
Are you suggesting the data base is useful in the USA because they allow low flying? But not useful here because we have more onerous regulations?
Yep. Though I don't have a low level endorsement, I understand such training covers powerline hazards and recognition. In the US, you can fly as low as you want, without an endorsement, so such a database would benefit - in theory - every licenced pilot in America. Here, it would only be of benefit to those with a LL endorsement as anyone else can't go low except through stress of weather, etc etc.
Insofar as making it CAsA's responsibility, why would they bother to lift a finger to help? Anything useful that isn't already in the budget costs money, and that means less $$ for their bonuses and staff Christmas parties. Hell, they stopped printing
Flight Safety Australia a few years ago, and there were articles in that that were genuinely useful and could be left around the aero club.