Originally Posted by
By George
So very sad in my opinion. The Industry killed this young bloke. Promotion to another ground position would be heartbreaking for a CPL(H). We should be nurturing young pilots, training and encouraging them to a commercial standard. This business of screwing them down, paying for courses etc is criminal and in the long run detrimental to the Industry.
Unless I'm mistaken. in this particular case however, he couldn't be hired to pilot aircraft in Aus due to not having an Australian licence right?
If he really wanted to fly the aircraft, having an NZ CPL he surely knew he had to get a CASA conversion first. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this.
So, I don't see that Nautilus had any option but to use him in ground roles, regardless of their need.
Clearly his thinking was influenced, as taking an aircraft without permission and flying it in such a way in such a location would mean he would be unlikely to ever get a conversion approved by CASA surely.