Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
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.
Come on Neville, get into the 24th Century. Normal practice in other parts of the World when an airline has temporary aircraft or crew storage. Or seasonal imbalance.
British Airways has operated six Finnair cabin/Flight Deck crewed A320 on BA International routes out of Heathrow for some years, using BA callsigns.
Other nationalities have like qualifications to fly in OZ airspace quite safely you know, I even flew UK registered 747s with a UK licence when based in Sydney, and survived!!