I am reliably informed, that the 1900 conversions in question which were conducted at Wonderboom/Warmbaths consisted of 15 pilots aboard a cargo configuered aircraft with no seats for 13 of the guys to sit on, ( which rule was infringed here ?), furthermore the conversion consisted of 3 touch and go's for each pilot at Warmbaths airfield but each candidate logged a 1.5 hour conversion for the CAA records.
Even the most seriously previously disadvanteged CAA inspector , if he did the sums correctly, would note that 1.5 hours of flying per pilot would equate to 19.5 hours of flying time in a single training sortie, which would mean that even the most flamboyantly creative flight planner would have trouble getting these numbers to work out, not to mention the FDP implications for the instructor. ( ?????), but it would seem that these little accounting formalities are not beyond J.O.
Considering the above mentioned facts, lets cast our eyes forward to Skyhaul's up and coming operational forthcoming attraction with the Convairs and cadets.
Its safe to assume that we will shortly witness some seriously undermaintained aircraft , operating with seriously inexperienced and inappropriatly rated crew, at night, into statistically one of the most dangerous/hazardous airfields in the country after some very creative FDP planning.
Surely the alarm bells and flashing red lights should be sounding at CAA right now ?????
