Discrete Air Operator's Certificate
It is the Discrete AoC that allows foreign operators to come here during their off-season.
Who controls this - CASA!
With all the compliance issues Australian operators have to contend with these days - this one issue is has now been completely abused.
The original spirit of a DAOC was to let an operator establish his equipment in country but was always considered a temporary measure. Now there are over thirty (30) of them -another complete CASA c##ckup!
Yeah - let's go global. Pineapples from South America, dumped beef from the US, cheeses from Europe after nuclear accidents this list goes on and on..................
When are Australians going to wake up that free-trade means the US gets what it wants for free and Australians get nothing!
Also - I bet Heli-Aust are only making a pittence out of it with the ridiculous hourly rate that has been quoted.
Hardly seems worth the trouble but then they have been doing that for a while - charging low rates that is!
