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Old 15th May 2022, 04:19
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PoppaJo
 
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They don’t even have an aircraft in the country yet, no photos have surfaced from Seattle either. Tiger had its first aircraft arrive 6 weeks prior to AOC proving flight.

Will be challenges I would assume having CAE essentially operating the AOC operational side of things, I’ve not seen that done before with CASA. They won’t have a single pilot on the Bonza payroll as such (well yet, we will see how that pans out over time..)

They would need a good month with the aircraft here, and crews online ready to go, before attempting a proving flight. I would be more conservative and allow 6-8 weeks. I can see CASA being very close to the fine detail in this one, they won’t want a repeat of the Tiger mess. If Bonza isn’t prepared then it’s going to drag on and the questions from CASA will continue to pile up.
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