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Old 10th Apr 2019, 13:16
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Hamley
 
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To any new or new-ish GA pilots:

Please don't neglect to listen to that uncomfortable feeling in your gut when a situation just doesn't feel right. You will need to learn to balance this feeling with knowledge gained from experience, but you can never ignore it. Almost every bad situation I have ever been in has been preceded by this uncomfortable gut feeling.

The company you work for is probably under pressure from pilot turn over, financial pressure and so on. They probably won't be able to provide you with training pilots who have decades of experience. However the people in these roles will be doing the best they can with the experience they have.

But do not forget there are companies that will take advantage of you. If your boss doesn't pay you properly ( https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/doc...f/ma000046.pdf ) there is a fair chance they don't give a rats about your career or personal wellbeing.

As the ATSB report stated in this case - it took them many hours to inform the next of kin of one of the pilots because nobody had bothered to ensure the paperwork was in order before he commenced flying.
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