Compressor Stall,
Your comments are spot on
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"Planes getting bogged in the bush is no big deal....most pilots flying around up north have done it.
What is a billiard table smooth dry suface can mask a boggy mud underneath and you can't tell until it's too late. I've done it."
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and Mainframe's:
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"there is no shame in getting bogged in the wet season,
it tends to be an operational risk. In the last year or so,
at least four different operators associated with the NQAO have become bogged,
but the NQAO singled one out only one for a severe commercial penalty, the loss of an RPT AOC".
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The point made was that what is a known operational hazard of Cape York Wet season operations,
was used by CASA to not only cancel Cape York Airlines RPT AOC, but to also strip it's Chief Pilot's approval.
After setting that precedent, what operator would consider making the ATSB (TSI Act) reqired reports concerning IRM's and RRM's?
Now that the Townsville office has dealt with the dysfunctional element, and installed a fresh team,
perhaps a level playing field will be seen to exist.
Mainframe: Regarding the possible compromising of a pilot's career.
As the pilot concerned did contact his company with details,
the TSI Act concedes a defence to the pilot if he reported the matter to his company,
believing that they would make the reqired reports of IRM's and RRM's.
So he is not likely to be prosecuted on that basis, nor his career compromised.
Capt S.