Originally Posted by
Clinton McKenzie
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
A cabal of people in one part of CASA (with the support or acquiescence of ATSB and Airservices) will go to almost any lengths to make sure that RPT passenger jets continue sharing uncontrolled airspace and uncontrolled aerodromes with aircraft that are not required to be fitted with transponders nor certified as airworthy by CASA (nor any other NAA) and being flown by pilots who aren’t licensed by CASA nor certified as medically fit by CASA (nor any other NAA). Meanwhile, in a different part of CASA a different cabal of people (supported by the medical industry) is running a sham process in an attempt to produce ‘evidence’ to justify an expansion in the scope of CASA Avmed’s empire (even potentially capturing drone pilots).
CASA’s invented ‘Schrödinger's Pilot’ - A pilot of a light aircraft, sharing uncontrolled airspace and aerodromes wth RPT passenger jets, who is simultaneously ‘acceptable’ and ‘not unsafe’ without a licence and medical certificate issued by CASA at the same time as being ‘unacceptable’ and ‘unsafe’ without a licence and medical certificate issued by CASA. You don’t know which until you open the box to find out what symbols are painted on the light aircraft and find out to what organisations the pilot belongs.
It all makes perfect sense. On the planet Coosebane.
With their current collective wisdom and expertise I reckon they’d make a more cost-effective contribution to the safety of air navigation if one cabal concentrated on just digging holes and the other on just filling them in.
I have to say, your ‘dig’ at RAA is simply flawed. RAA pilots are allowed to undertake certain activities. These are, operating up to 600kgs, day VFR not upside down, 2 pob, no multi engine, With a PPL for example, one may fly just about anything with unlimited pax, IFR, upside down, night, (with ratings, yes). The training for a PPL is different to RAA for this reason. The inference that RAA pilots are incapable to self separate is rubbish. It maybe an inconvenient truth that the limitations applied to those with an RAA pilot certificate are sufficient to permit actually flying an aeroplane safely within a busy airspace (controlled or uncontrolled) with a self declared medical and the rules have been ‘scaled’ appropriately. RAA pilots are not trained to the level of a CPL because it’s simply not needed for the activities they undertake. However, you’ll find that many RAA pilots are actually dual qualified including active ATPL’s that choose to fly in their past time in a non-complex operation for fun.
And whilst the pilot license is not recognised by other NAA’s, go and try to convert your internationally compatible Part 61 licence by simply filling out a form…. Additionally, Australia isn’t the only place that has bespoke licensing for certain activities such as sport aviation, so what’s the problem? Most RAA pilots will never even want to use their licence overseas anyway and if I’m right, I don’t think you’ve previously been complementary towards Australia’s obsession with ICAO compliance, particularly within the aviation medical space.