Originally Posted by
antheads
I noticed Flair C-FLKC did not take off. Is this going to be another Ansett and Tiger debacle where BS CASA ruins the Christmas holidays of thousands of Aussies?
Playing Golf eh? More like watching porn and facebook on their computers when they're supposed to be working, Nothing worse that bureaucrats that have have no first hand knowledge of aviation.
As for previous posters bringing up this is a slippery slope, well that started in 1989 with Hawke. The law has been enshrined.
Canadian and Australian pilot pay scales are roughly the same. I see no problem with Flair Pilots with no family commitments having a working holiday in Oz and seeing the Gold Coast, and in the future Bonza pilots having a working holiday and seeing the Rocky Mountains. Sounds like fun esp if you're single.
It is a bad situation.
CAC-FLKC is still grounded at OOL. VH-UKH operated into AVV last Friday and something may have gone tech and the aircraft has been grounded there since creating a fair amount of scheduling chaos. Effectively 2 out of their 5 aircraft are grounded. Rumour is CASA is not happy with something and playing it hard. CASA reminded everybody in
PR release that they will be closing for Christmas.
The second rumor is that they are negotiating with Nauru Airlines to do some ops with a VH registered aircraft. Meanwhile, Canadian Crew enjoy the Gold Coast beaches.