CASA has granted them approval to operate the two flair birds. First one gets underway on its first revenue flight later on today.
So how does an Australian AOC holder have operational control over foreign registered aircraft with foreign crew?? Who is actually in charge here? How do CASA even regulate foreign crew in a domestic environment? Whose flight and duty regs are we using? Is the maintenance control system approved by CASA? This is a very interesting precedent being set here. CASA have opened the door to flag of convenience operations. Not to mention the myriad of other loopholes they have created. The tax and regulatory implications of such a move are extraordinary.